Bug#820711: [debhelper-devel] Bug#820711: Bug#820711: Bug#820711: dh_compress: fails if the debian directory is a symlink

2016-04-13 Thread Niels Thykier
Bernhard Miklautz: > Hi, > > On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 06:19:11PM +, Niels Thykier wrote: >>> On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 04:12:30PM +, Niels Thykier wrote: >> I have devised a fix in [1418796], which I believe will fix this issue. >> I expect the next debhelper release to happen this weekend,

Bug#820711: [debhelper-devel] Bug#820711: Bug#820711: dh_compress: fails if the debian directory is a symlink

2016-04-12 Thread Bernhard Miklautz
Hi, On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 06:19:11PM +, Niels Thykier wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 04:12:30PM +, Niels Thykier wrote: > I have devised a fix in [1418796], which I believe will fix this issue. > I expect the next debhelper release to happen this weekend, so you may > want to

Bug#820711: [debhelper-devel] Bug#820711: Bug#820711: dh_compress: fails if the debian directory is a symlink

2016-04-11 Thread Niels Thykier
Bernhard Miklautz: > Hi, > > On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 04:12:30PM +, Niels Thykier wrote: >> [...] > For the package I'm building the folder structure looks like this: > > [...] > > All of the above combinations worked before 9.20160306. > When I narrowing it down the problem seems to be

Bug#820711: [debhelper-devel] Bug#820711: dh_compress: fails if the debian directory is a symlink

2016-04-11 Thread Bernhard Miklautz
Hi, On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 04:12:30PM +, Niels Thykier wrote: > "debian" folder as in the "debian" folder itself? > debian/control -> ../../another/dir/control I didn't test this case. > debian -> ../../another/dir/ For the package I'm building the folder structure looks like this:

Bug#820711: [debhelper-devel] Bug#820711: dh_compress: fails if the debian directory is a symlink

2016-04-11 Thread Niels Thykier
Control: tags -1 moreinfo Bernhard Miklautz: > Package: debhelper > Version: 9.20160403 > Severity: important > > Dear Maintainer, > Hi, Thanks for reporting this issue. > if the debian folder is a symlink to a directory, a call to > dh_compress, directly or during a build, causes an error.

Bug#820711: dh_compress: fails if the debian directory is a symlink

2016-04-11 Thread Bernhard Miklautz
Package: debhelper Version: 9.20160403 Severity: important Dear Maintainer, if the debian folder is a symlink to a directory, a call to dh_compress, directly or during a build, causes an error. For example if the package "nightly" has a debian folder that is symlinked to packaging/deb/nightly/