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and subject line Bug#1009844: fixed in debhelper 13.7.1
has caused the Debian Bug report #1009844,
regarding debhelper: Build failed with dh_installalternatives: error:
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: debhelper
Version: 13.7
Severity: important
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
When rebuilding rsh-redone, the following message is output and the build fails.
dh_installalternatives: error: Alternative "/usr/bin/rsh-redone-rsh" for "rsh"
in debian/rsh-redone-client.alternatives does not exist in
debian/rsh-redone-client or is a directory
make: *** [debian/rules:16: binary] Error 25
dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules binary subprocess returned exit status 2
Solved with the following patch.
--- a/usr/bin/dh_installalternatives
+++ b/usr/bin/dh_installalternatives
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ sub _parse_alternative_and_generate_main
if (index($link_name, '/') > -1) {
error(qq{Invalid link name "${link_name}" in
"${alternatives_file}": Must not contain slash});
}
- if ( ! -l "${tmpdir}/${impl_path}" or -d _) {
+ if ( ! -e "${tmpdir}/${impl_path}" or -d _ or ! -r _) {
error(qq{Alternative "${impl_path}" for "${link_name}" in
${alternatives_file} does not exist in ${tmpdir} or is a directory});
}
if ($link_name eq $impl_path) {
Thank you,
Hiroyuki YAMAMORI
-- System Information:
Debian Release: bookworm/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-13-686-pae (SMP w/3 CPU threads)
Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages debhelper depends on:
ii autotools-dev 20220109.1
ii dh-autoreconf 20
ii dh-strip-nondeterminism 1.13.0-1
ii dpkg 1.21.7
ii dpkg-dev 1.21.7
ii dwz 0.14-1
ii file 1:5.41-3
ii libdebhelper-perl 13.7
ii libdpkg-perl 1.21.7
ii man-db 2.10.2-1
ii perl 5.34.0-4
ii po-debconf 1.0.21+nmu1
debhelper recommends no packages.
Versions of packages debhelper suggests:
pn dh-make <none>
-- no debconf information
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
Source: debhelper
Source-Version: 13.7.1
Done: Niels Thykier <ni...@thykier.net>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
debhelper, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to 1009...@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Niels Thykier <ni...@thykier.net> (supplier of updated debhelper package)
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Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2022 06:17:57 +0000
Source: debhelper
Architecture: source
Version: 13.7.1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debhelper Maintainers <debhel...@packages.debian.org>
Changed-By: Niels Thykier <ni...@thykier.net>
Closes: 1009844
Changes:
debhelper (13.7.1) unstable; urgency=medium
.
* debhelper.pod: Fix several typos. Thanks to Guillem Jover
for pointing them out and proposing corrections.
* dh_installalternatives: Correct a file check that caused
false-positive rejections of valid alternatives files. Thanks to
Hiroyuki YAMAMORI for reporting the bug and providing an initial
patch. (Closes: #1009844)
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