[buildd-tools-devel] Bug#842057: sbuild: buildd uninstallable in latest release

[Gianfranco Costamagna]

Source: sbuild
Version: 0.72.0-1
Severity: serious


Hi, the new sbuild upload has a broken buildd that can't be installed on a clean system

the problem seems to be caused by a bd postinst file, trying to touch an unexisting ".forward"
file.

according to the buildd.install maybe you meant
"debian/buildd.forward var/lib/buildd/"
        ^^^^^^


Selecting previously unselected package buildd.
(Reading database ... 17818 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack buildd_0.72.0-1_all.deb ...
Unpacking buildd (0.72.0-1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package libsbuild-perl.
Preparing to unpack libsbuild-perl_0.72.0-1_all.deb ...
Unpacking libsbuild-perl (0.72.0-1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package sbuild.
Preparing to unpack sbuild_0.72.0-1_all.deb ...
Unpacking sbuild (0.72.0-1) ...
Setting up libsbuild-perl (0.72.0-1) ...
Setting up sbuild (0.72.0-1) ...
Setting up buildd (0.72.0-1) ...
chown: cannot access '/var/lib/buildd/.forward': No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing package buildd (--install):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for systemd (231-9) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
buildd

thanks for maintaining sbuild!

G.