#604 Issue closed: Debian package rules need improvement (need Debian package expert)¶
Labels: enhancement, bug
gdha opened issue at 2015-06-18 12:01:¶
Noticed during OBS builds the following errors/warnings for Debian 7 (or 8):
[ 65s] dpkg-buildpackage: binary and diff upload (original source NOT included)
[ 65s] Running lintian
[ 65s] + lintian -i /usr/src/packages/SOURCES.DEB/rear_1.17.0-0git201506171717.dsc
[ 70s] E: rear source: build-info-in-binary-control-file-section Package rear
[ 70s] N:
[ 70s] N: The control file has a Build-Depends, Build-Depends-Indep,
[ 70s] N: Build-Conflicts, or Build-Conflicts-Indep field in a binary section.
[ 70s] N: These specify source package relationships, and should be in the source
[ 70s] N: section of the control file.
[ 70s] N:
[ 70s] N: Refer to Debian Policy Manual section 5.2 (Source package control files
[ 70s] N: -- debian/control) for details.
[ 70s] N:
[ 70s] N: Severity: serious, Certainty: certain
[ 70s] N:
[ 70s] N: Check: control-file, Type: source
[ 70s] N:
[ 70s] W: rear source: package-depends-on-hardcoded-libc rear depends
[ 70s] N:
[ 70s] N: The given package declares a dependency on libc directly instead of
[ 70s] N: using ${shlibs:Depends} in its debian/control stanza.
[ 70s] N:
[ 70s] N: Severity: normal, Certainty: certain
[ 70s] N:
[ 70s] N: Check: control-file, Type: source
[ 70s] N:
[ 70s] W: rear source: debhelper-but-no-misc-depends rear
[ 70s] N:
[ 70s] N: The source package uses debhelper, but it does not include
[ 70s] N: ${misc:Depends} in the given binary package's debian/control entry. Any
[ 70s] N: debhelper command may add dependencies to ${misc:Depends} that are
[ 70s] N: required for the work that it does, so recommended best practice is to
[ 70s] N: always add ${misc:Depends} to the dependencies of each binary package if
[ 70s] N: debhelper is in use.
[ 70s] N:
[ 70s] N: Refer to the debhelper(7) manual page for details.
[ 70s] N:
[ 70s] N: Severity: normal, Certainty: possible
[ 70s] N:
[ 70s] N: Check: debhelper, Type: source
[ 70s] N:
[ 70s] W: rear source: debhelper-compat-file-is-missing
[ 70s] N:
[ 70s] N: The package uses debhelper but does not ship a compat file. This is
[ 70s] N: deprecated and eventaully cause the package to FTBFS.
[ 70s] N:
[ 70s] N: Please refer to the dehelper documentation on how to create the compat
[ 70s] N: file and the differences between each compat level.
[ 70s] N:
[ 70s] N: Refer to
[ 70s] N: http://packages.qa.debian.org/d/debhelper/news/20120115T191738Z.html and
[ 70s] N: the debhelper(7) manual page for details.
[ 70s] N:
[ 70s] N: Severity: normal, Certainty: certain
[ 70s] N:
[ 70s] N: Check: debhelper, Type: source
[ 70s] N:
[ 71s] W: rear source: changelog-should-mention-nmu
[ 71s] N:
[ 71s] N: When you NMU a package, that fact should be mentioned on the first line
[ 71s] N: in the changelog entry. Use the words "NMU" or "Non-maintainer upload"
[ 71s] N: (case insensitive).
[ 71s] N:
[ 71s] N: Maybe you didn't intend this upload to be a NMU, in that case, please
[ 71s] N: doublecheck that the most recent entry in the changelog is byte-for-byte
[ 71s] N: identical to the maintainer or one of the uploaders. If this is a local
[ 71s] N: package (not intended for Debian), you can suppress this warning by
[ 71s] N: putting "local" in the version number or "local package" on the first
[ 71s] N: line of the changelog entry.
[ 71s] N:
[ 71s] N: Refer to Debian Developer's Reference section 5.11.3 (Using the DELAYED/
[ 71s] N: queue) for details.
[ 71s] N:
[ 71s] N: Severity: normal, Certainty: certain
[ 71s] N:
[ 71s] N: Check: nmu, Type: source
[ 71s] N:
[ 71s] W: rear source: source-nmu-has-incorrect-version-number 1.17.0-0git201506171717
[ 71s] N:
[ 71s] N: A source NMU should have a Debian revision of "-x.x" (or "+nmuX" for a
[ 71s] N: native package). This is to prevent stealing version numbers from the
[ 71s] N: maintainer.
[ 71s] N:
[ 71s] N: Maybe you didn't intend this upload to be a NMU, in that case, please
[ 71s] N: doublecheck that the most recent entry in the changelog is byte-for-byte
[ 71s] N: identical to the maintainer or one of the uploaders. If this is a local
[ 71s] N: package (not intended for Debian), you can suppress this warning by
[ 71s] N: putting "local" in the version number or "local package" on the first
[ 71s] N: line of the changelog entry.
[ 71s] N:
[ 71s] N: Refer to Debian Developer's Reference section 5.11.2 (NMUs and
[ 71s] N: debian/changelog) for details.
[ 71s] N:
[ 71s] N: Severity: normal, Certainty: certain
[ 71s] N:
[ 71s] N: Check: nmu, Type: source
[ 71s] N:
[ 71s] W: rear source: debian-rules-sets-DH_COMPAT line 12
[ 71s] N:
[ 71s] N: As of debhelper version 4, the DH_COMPAT environment variable is only to
[ 71s] N: be used for temporarily overriding debian/compat. Any line in
[ 71s] N: debian/rules that sets it globally should be deleted and a separate
[ 71s] N: debian/compat file created if needed.
[ 71s] N:
[ 71s] N: Refer to the debhelper(7) manual page for details.
[ 71s] N:
[ 71s] N: Severity: normal, Certainty: certain
[ 71s] N:
[ 71s] N: Check: rules, Type: source
[ 71s] N:
[ 71s] W: rear source: debian-rules-missing-recommended-target build-arch
[ 71s] N:
[ 71s] N: The debian/rules file for this package does not provide one of the
[ 71s] N: recommended targets. All of build-arch and build-indep should be
[ 71s] N: provided, even if they don't do anything for this package. If this
[ 71s] N: package does not currently split building of architecture dependent and
[ 71s] N: independent packages, the following rules may be added to fall back to
[ 71s] N: the build target:
[ 71s] N:
[ 71s] N: build-arch: build
[ 71s] N: build-indep: build
[ 71s] N:
[ 71s] N: Note that the following form is recommended however:
[ 71s] N:
[ 71s] N: build: build-arch build-indep
[ 71s] N: build-arch: build-stamp
[ 71s] N: build-indep: build-stamp
[ 71s] N: build-stamp:
[ 71s] N: build here
[ 71s] N:
[ 71s] N: These targets will be required by policy in the future, so should be
[ 71s] N: added to prevent future breakage.
[ 71s] N:
[ 71s] N: Refer to Debian Policy Manual section 4.9 (Main building script:
[ 71s] N: debian/rules) for details.
[ 71s] N:
[ 71s] N: Severity: normal, Certainty: certain
[ 71s] N:
[ 71s] N: Check: rules, Type: source
[ 71s] N:
[ 71s] W: rear source: debian-rules-missing-recommended-target build-indep
[ 71s] W: rear source: no-debian-copyright
[ 71s] N:
[ 71s] N: Every package must include the file /usr/share/doc/<pkg>/copyright. A
[ 71s] N: copy of this file should be in debian/copyright in the source package.
[ 71s] N:
[ 71s] N: Refer to Debian Policy Manual section 12.5 (Copyright information) for
[ 71s] N: details.
[ 71s] N:
[ 71s] N: Severity: minor, Certainty: certain
[ 71s] N:
[ 71s] N: Check: source-copyright, Type: source
[ 71s] N:
[ 71s] E: rear source: no-standards-version-field
[ 71s] N:
[ 71s] N: The source package does not have a Standards-Version control field.
[ 71s] N: Please update your package to latest Policy and set this control field
[ 71s] N: appropriately.
[ 71s] N:
[ 71s] N: Refer to Debian Policy Manual section 5.6.11 (Standards-Version) for
[ 71s] N: details.
[ 71s] N:
[ 71s] N: Severity: important, Certainty: certain
[ 71s] N:
[ 71s] N: Check: standards-version, Type: source
gdha commented at 2015-08-03 14:51:¶
Might be related with issue #629 - still looking for a Debian package expert
gdha commented at 2015-08-03 15:28:¶
good news- it builds now for Debian 7 and 8
[Export of Github issue for rear/rear.]