Re: Dpkg-dev problems.
On Sat, Feb 14, 1998 at 06:28:19PM -0500, Christian Hudon wrote:
> I'm trying to rebuild my packages with libc6 for inclusion in Debian 2.0,
> but dpkg-dev 1.4.0.20 doesn't seem to be very cooperative about it.
>
> Slightly annoying is the fact that debian-changelog-mode seems to have
> disappeared... More annoying is that dpkg-source -b doesn't work anymore:
>
> chrish@pianocktail:[~/debian/my-packages/icon] >dpkg-source -b icon-9.3/
> no utmp entry available, using value of LOGNAME ("chrish") at /usr/lib/dpkg/controllib.pl line 16.
> parsechangelog/debian: error: unable to open substvars file debian/substvars: Aucun fichier ou répertoire de ce type.
> dpkg-source: error: syntax error in parsed version of changelog at line 0: empty file
>
> But there *is* a (0-length) substvars file in debian. Removing the
> substvars file changes nothing. All this used to work fine with a previous
> version of dpkg-dev.
>
> Could someone provide either workarounds for the bugs or an older version
> of dpkg-dev (1.4.0.19?) that I could downgrade to?
That is a bug in the internationalization of dpkg-dev. A workaround is
defining LC_ALL=C before invoking dpkg-source or dpkg-buildpackage, as in:
"LC_ALL=C dpkg-source -b icon-9.3/"
--
Enrique Zanardi ezanardi@ull.es
Dpto. Fisica Fundamental y Experimental Univ. de La Laguna
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