Re: sbuild dh: error: unable to load addon python3

[Geert Stappers <stappers@stappers.nl>]

On Fri, Jul 02, 2021 at 01:26:01AM -0400, Sergio Durigan Junior wrote:
> On Thursday, July 01 2021, Geert Stappers wrote:
> 
> > Invoking sbuild with just 'sbuild' gives me:
> >
> >   $ sbuild
> >   dh clean --with python3 --buildsystem=pybuild
> >   dh: error: unable to load addon python3: Can't locate
> >     Debian/Debhelper/Sequence/python3.pm in @INC
> >     (you may need to install the Debian::Debhelper::Sequence::python3 module)
> >
> >
> > Doing `apt-file search Debian/Debhelper/Sequence/python3.pm` yields
> > dh-python: /usr/share/perl5/Debian/Debhelper/Sequence/python3.pm
> >
> >
> > Why doesn't sbuild fetch and install build dependencies?
> 
> This happens because sbuild runs the "dh clean" (actually, the
> "debian/rules clean" target) step *outside* of the chroot, before the
> build actually starts.  This means that sbuild expects you to have the
> build deps installed on your host.
> 
> This is usually not desirable/required, so you can tell sbuild to not
> clean the source tree by passing the --no-clean-source option to it, or
> by adding the line "$clean_source = 0;" to your ~/.sbuildrc.

Yes, that does work.

 
> Thanks,

Thank YOU

 
> Sergio



Groeten
Geert Stappers
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