Bug#726520: dpkg-genchanges: error: cannot read files list file: No such file or directory

2014-03-21 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
dpkg-genchanges gives a rather unhelpful error message if a package is attempted to be built on a non-supported arch. See what happens when I want to build zsnes, which is Architecture: any-i386, on amd64: I second that. Just ran into the exact same situation when trying to build a i386-only

Bug#726520: dpkg-genchanges: error: cannot read files list file: No such file or directory

2014-03-21 Thread Guillem Jover
On Fri, 2014-03-21 at 11:57:05 +0100, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: dpkg-genchanges gives a rather unhelpful error message if a package is attempted to be built on a non-supported arch. See what happens when I want to build zsnes, which is Architecture: any-i386, on amd64: I second

Bug#726520: dpkg-genchanges: error: cannot read files list file: No such file or directory

2013-11-21 Thread Fabian Greffrath
Hi Guillem, Am Mittwoch, den 16.10.2013, 14:24 +0200 schrieb Guillem Jover: However, the missing debian/files file isn't even the cause for the error, it is just another symptom. The actual cause is that *there is no binary package to be built on Arch: amd64* andI would appreciate if

Bug#726520: dpkg-genchanges: error: cannot read files list file: No such file or directory

2013-10-16 Thread Fabian Greffrath
Package: dpkg-dev Version: 1.16.12 Severity: minor Dear dpkg devs, dpkg-genchanges gives a rather unhelpful error message if a package is attempted to be built on a non-supported arch. See what happens when I want to build zsnes, which is Architecture: any-i386, on amd64: $ LANG=C

Bug#726520: dpkg-genchanges: error: cannot read files list file: No such file or directory

2013-10-16 Thread Guillem Jover
Hi! On Wed, 2013-10-16 at 13:51:40 +0200, Fabian Greffrath wrote: Package: dpkg-dev Version: 1.16.12 Severity: minor dpkg-genchanges gives a rather unhelpful error message if a package is attempted to be built on a non-supported arch. See what happens when I want to build zsnes, which is