Bug#522597: gcc-4.4: [cross] s390|armel|*) FTBFS cross compiler (posible all arches can affected)

[Hector Oron <hecormar@gmail.com>]

Package: gcc-4.4
Version: 4.4-20090329-1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

Hi,

  I know package is on experimental and currently work in progress, i just wanted to post the cross compiler build system status, which fails doing the *-base cross package. Not sure if it is related to $(gcc_lexec_dir) changes yet.

    dh_gencontrol -p$(p_base) -- -v$(DEB_VERSION) $(common_substvars)

at debian/rules.d/binary-base.mk

It is the line failing (for me) with the following output

#----------- OUTPUT --------
dh_installchangelogs: package gcc-4.4-arm-linux-gnueabi-base is not in control info
dh_compress -pgcc-4.4-arm-linux-gnueabi-base
for i in copyright changelog.Debian.gz; do \
          ln -f debian/gcc-4.4-arm-linux-gnueabi-base/usr/share/doc/gcc-4.4-arm-linux-gnueabi-base/$i \
            debian/gcc-4.4-arm-linux-gnueabi-base/usr/share/doc/gcc-4.4-arm-linux-gnueabi-base/.$i; \
        done
dh_fixperms -pgcc-4.4-arm-linux-gnueabi-base
dh_gencontrol -pgcc-4.4-arm-linux-gnueabi-base -- -v4.4-20090329-1 '-Vgcc:Version=4.4-20090329-1' '-Vgcc:EpochVersion=1:4.4-20090329-1' '-Vgcc:SoftVersion=4.4' '-Vgpc:Version=' '-Vgdc:Version=' '-Vgcj:Version=4.4-20090329-1' '-Vgcj:SoftVersion=4.4' '-Vgcj:BaseVersion=4.4' '-Vgnat:Version=4.4-20090329-1' '-Vbinutils:Version=2.19.1' '-Vdep:libgcc=libgcc1-armel-cross (>= 1:4.4-20090329-1)' '-Vdep:libgccbiarch=' '-Vdep:libcdev=libc6-dev-armel-cross (>= 2.5)' '-Vdep:libcbiarch=' '-Vdep:libcbiarchdev=' '-Vdep:libunwinddev=' '-Vdep:libcxxbiarch=' '-Vdep:libcxxbiarchdbg=' '-Vdep:libgnat=' '-Vdep:ecj=' '-Vdep:gcj=gcc-4.4 (>= 4.4)'
dpkg-gencontrol: error: package gcc-4.4-arm-linux-gnueabi-base not in control info
dh_gencontrol: dpkg-gencontrol returned exit code 255
make[1]: *** [stamps/08-binary-stamp-base] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/zumbi/tmp/gcc-4.4-4.4-20090329.cross'
make: *** [binary] Error 2
dpkg-buildpackage: failure: debian/rules binary gave error exit status 2

# -----------------------------------------------------

Relevant tool version:
ii  dpkg-dev                                      1.14.25                    Debian package development tools

I tried dpkg version 1.15 in the past but also was failing due to a dh_shlibdeps bug (at bts), I have not checked again.

Build command line:
# GCC_TARGET=armel DEB_CROSS_NO_BIARCH=yes DEB_CROSS=yes dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc
# GCC_TARGET=s390 DEB_CROSS_NO_BIARCH=yes DEB_CROSS=yes dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: armel (armv5tel)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-iop32x
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash