Debian Bug report logs - #14121
dpkg-source: Strange time-sensitive errors

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From: dark@xs4all.nl (Richard Braakman)

To: submit@bugs.debian.org

Subject: dpkg-source: Strange time-sensitive errors

Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 15:04:18 +0200 (CEST)

Package: dpkg-dev
Version: 1.4.0.19

When I run dpkg-source -b, the messages I get seem to depend on how long
ago I last ran it:

night:[dark]~/maint/hextype: dpkg-source -b hextype-3.0
no utmp entry available, using value of LOGNAME ("dark") at /usr/lib/dpkg/controllib.pl line 16.
dpkg-source: building hextype using existing hextype_3.0.orig.tar.gz
dpkg-source: building hextype in hextype_3.0-4.diff.gz
dpkg-source: building hextype in hextype_3.0-4.dsc
night:[dark]~/maint/hextype: dpkg-source -b hextype-3.0
no utmp entry available, using value of LOGNAME ("dark") at /usr/lib/dpkg/controllib.pl line 16.
dpkg-source: building hextype using existing hextype_3.0.orig.tar.gz
dpkg-source: building hextype in hextype_3.0-4.diff.gz
shell-init: could not get current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories
job-working-directory: could not get current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories
dpkg-source: building hextype in hextype_3.0-4.dsc
night:[dark]~/maint/hextype: dpkg-source -b hextype-3.0
no utmp entry available, using value of LOGNAME ("dark") at /usr/lib/dpkg/controllib.pl line 16.
dpkg-source: building hextype using existing hextype_3.0.orig.tar.gz
dpkg-source: building hextype in hextype_3.0-4.diff.gz
dpkg-source: building hextype in hextype_3.0-4.dsc

The only difference between the second and third attempt is that I
waited a few minutes before running the third.  If I do not wait, I
can reproduce the errors from the second attempt as often as I like.
I can also repeat the results from the first or third attempts as
often as I like, provided that I wait a few minutes before each
invocation.

There is no difference between the generated diffs except for the date
stamps inside.

My ~/main/hextype directory looks like this:

drwxr-xr-x   3 dark     dark         1024 Oct 24 14:43 hextype-3.0
-rw-r--r--   1 dark     dark         3770 Jan 29  1997 hextype_3.0-2.diff.gz
-rw-r--r--   1 dark     dark          629 Jan 29  1997 hextype_3.0-2.dsc
-rw-rw-r--   1 dark     dark         3591 Aug 10 02:23 hextype_3.0-3.diff.gz
-rw-rw-r--   1 root     root          698 Aug 10 02:23 hextype_3.0-3.dsc
-rw-rw-r--   1 root     root         1430 Aug 10 02:24 hextype_3.0-3_i386.changes
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root         7832 Aug 10 02:23 hextype_3.0-3_i386.deb
-rw-rw-r--   1 dark     dark          377 Aug 12 00:41 hextype_3.0-3_i386.upload
-rw-r--r--   1 dark     dark         3175 Oct 24 14:58 hextype_3.0-4.diff.gz
-rw-r--r--   1 dark     dark          271 Oct 24 14:58 hextype_3.0-4.dsc
-rw-r--r--   1 dark     dark         1068 Oct  4 11:30 hextype_3.0-4_i386.changes
-rw-r--r--   1 dark     dark         7550 Oct  4 11:30 hextype_3.0-4_i386.deb
-rw-r--r--   1 dark     dark        10509 Nov 25  1996 hextype_3.0.orig.tar.gz
-rw-r--r--   1 dark     dark        27550 Jul 13 14:00 policy.text.gz

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