On Mon, 02 Jan 2017 15:28:10 -0500, Robert J. Clay wrote:
> There is an ITP [1] I've been working on, wherein Debian package build
> attempts just result in an error lke the following:
>
> make[1]: *** No rule to make target
> '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.20/Config.pm', needed by 'Makefile'.
> Stop.
Stray Makefile in the tarball?
(Downloading the tarball says "yes, there is a Makefile".)
> It comes up when attempting to use 'gbp buildpackage' or 'debuild' [2],
> under stretch, sid, or jessie. It does not come up when doing a normal
> Perl module build ('perl Makefile.PL && make test', for instance).
The former two call `debian/rules clean' which calls `make clean' as
there is a Makefile, which fails as it was created by `perl
Makefile.PL' on the authors machince with perl 5.20 installed.
In the latter case, your `perl Makefile.PL' rewrites the Makefile.
> It also
> does not come up attempting a Debian test build of another ITP I have.
> (Can't finish that one because it's dependent on this one...)
Luckily, these failures in `make dist' on the upstream side are quite
rare :)
Not sure what the quickest workaround is: Either putting Makefile in
debian/clean or re-running `perl Makefile.PL' in
override_dh_auto_clean if the Makefile is around [0] or repacking the
tarball.
Of course asking upstream to release a fixed tarball what benefit
everyone :)
Cheers,
gregor
[0]
libamazon-sqs-simple-perl/debian/rules does the
override_dh_auto_clean dance with a comment:
override_dh_auto_clean:
# recreate Makefile if it exists. path from the author's MacOS are not
# helpful for us
[ ! -f Makefile ] || perl Makefile.PL
dh_auto_clean
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