Package: dh-autoreconf Version: 1 Severity: important You aren't using find -print0 | xargs -0, so if any file contains whitespace (e.g. "Aleph One"), it'll fail.
In any case, you can simply use find -exec {} +, which is just as variadic as xargs: find -ipath debian -prune -o -type f -exec md5sum {} + md5sum: ./Resources/Aleph: No such file or directory md5sum: One: No such file or directory md5sum: Classic: No such file or directory md5sum: SDL.r: No such file or directory md5sum: ./Aleph: No such file or directory md5sum: One: No such file or directory md5sum: Classic: No such file or directory md5sum: SDL.mcp: No such file or directory dh_autoreconf: find ! -ipath "./debian/*" -a -type f | xargs md5sum > debian/autoreconf.before returned exit code 123 -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-23-openvz (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_AU.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages dh-autoreconf depends on: ii autoconf 2.65-4 automatic configure script builder ii automake [automaken] 1:1.11.1-1 A tool for generating GNU Standard ii debhelper 7.9.3 helper programs for debian/rules ii libtool 2.2.6b-2 Generic library support script ii perl 5.10.1-13 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction Versions of packages dh-autoreconf recommends: ii autopoint 0.17-11 The autopoint program from GNU get dh-autoreconf suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org