debian/rules error on clean rule
Hi all,
A package (yadex) isn't building, and I'm trying to figure out why. I
narrowed it down to the clean rule of debian/rules. Here's the relevent
portion of debian/rules (echos added by me):
clean: clean-tree unpatch
clean-tree: checkroot
@echo "************************* ALPHA"
rm -f configure-stamp build-stamp install-stamp
@echo "************************* BRAVO"
-$(MAKE) clean
@echo "************************* CHARLIE"
rm -rf obj dobj src/config.h src/config.cc cache/*
@echo "************************* DELTA"
dh_clean
@echo "************************* ECHO"
And here's the output:
$ fakeroot debian/rules clean
dh_testdir
dh_testroot
************************* ALPHA
rm -f configure-stamp build-stamp install-stamp
************************* BRAVO
/usr/bin/make clean
rm: cannot remove `obj/0'
rm: cannot remove `dobj/0'
ln: `obj/0/satan_120879850169': File exists
ln: `dobj/0/satan_120879850169': File exists
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/p/debian/yadex/yadex-1.7.0'
rm -f obj/0/acolours.o obj/0/aym.o obj/0/bench.o obj/0/bitvec.o
obj/0/cfgfile.o obj/0/checks.o obj/0/colour1.o obj/0/colour2.o
obj/0/atclib/al_lwritel.o obj/0/atclib/al_sapc.o obj/0/atclib/al_saps.o
(big snip)
obj/0/atclib/al_scps.o obj/0/atclib/al_scpslower.o obj/0/atclib/al_sdup.o
obj/0/atclib/al_sisnum.o obj/0/atclib/al_strolc.o obj/0/yadex
rm -f dobj/0/acolours.o dobj/0/aym.o dobj/0/bench.o dobj/0/bitvec.o
dobj/0/cfgfile.o dobj/0/checks.o dobj/0/colour1.o dobj/0/colour2.o
(big snip)
dobj/0/atclib/al_saps.o dobj/0/atclib/al_scps.o dobj/0/atclib/al_scpslower.o
dobj/0/atclib/al_sdup.o dobj/0/atclib/al_sisnum.o dobj/0/atclib/al_strolc.o
dobj/0/yadex
rm -f obj/0/ftime
rm -f obj/0/install
rm -f obj/0/notexist
rm -f obj/0
rm: cannot remove `obj/0'
make[1]: *** [clean] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/p/debian/yadex/yadex-1.7.0'
make: [clean-tree] Error 2 (ignored)
************************* CHARLIE
rm -rf obj dobj src/config.h src/config.cc cache/*
rm: cannot remove `obj'
rm: cannot remove `dobj'
rm: cannot remove `cache/copyright.man'
rm: cannot remove `cache/copyright.txt'
rm: cannot remove `cache/pixlist'
rm: cannot remove `cache/srcdate'
rm: cannot remove `cache/uptodate'
make: *** [clean-tree] Error 1
And then it gives up because of the errors. The part that I really don't
understand is WHY the rm fails.
For example, the last few errors are mysterious because:
$ lla cache/
total 28K
drwxrwxrwx 2 p p 4.0K 2004-12-12 09:43 ./
drwxrwxrwx 14 p p 4.0K 2004-12-12 09:45 ../
-rw-rw-rw- 1 p p 267 2004-12-12 09:43 copyright.man
-rw-rw-rw- 1 p p 267 2004-12-12 09:43 copyright.txt
-rw-rw-rw- 1 p p 187 2004-12-12 09:43 pixlist
-rw-rw-rw- 1 p p 10 2004-12-12 09:43 srcdate
-rw-rw-rw- 1 p p 2 2004-12-12 09:43 uptodate
cache/ and everything in it is owned by me, and world writable. Similarly:
$ lla obj/
total 12K
drwxrwxrwx 3 p p 4.0K 2004-12-12 09:45 ./
drwxrwxrwx 14 p p 4.0K 2004-12-12 09:45 ../
lrwxr-xr-x 1 p p 18 2004-12-12 09:45 0 -> satan_120879850169/
drwxrwxrwx 3 p p 4.0K 2004-12-12 09:45 satan_120879850169/
everything in obj/ is owned by me and world writable.
So what the heck is going on with:
************************* CHARLIE
rm -rf obj dobj src/config.h src/config.cc cache/*
rm: cannot remove `obj'
rm: cannot remove `dobj'
rm: cannot remove `cache/copyright.man'
rm: cannot remove `cache/copyright.txt'
rm: cannot remove `cache/pixlist'
rm: cannot remove `cache/srcdate'
rm: cannot remove `cache/uptodate'
make: *** [clean-tree] Error 1
And the really mysterious thing is, when I run "# debian/rules clean" as
root, it works without a hitch!
In fact, simply using "$ fakeroot make clean" fails. I think this is what's
ultimately killing "dpkg-buildpage -rfakeroot".
I don't even slightly understand how fakeroot works, but I'm wondering what's
going on here.
Should I copy my ~/.gnupg to /root and build the package as a root user?
Thanks!
Pete
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