[debhelper-devel] Bug#851130: Bug#851130: Bug#851130: debhelper: dh runs dh_quilt_patch after dh_autoreconf in compat 10

[Niels Thykier]

Control: reassign -1 quilt
Control: retitle -1 quilt: Update dh-sequence module

gregor herrmann:
> On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 10:45:27 +0100, Andreas Boll wrote:
> 
>> in compat level 10 dh runs dh_quilt_patch after dh_autoreconf for source
>> format 1.0 packages. Thus it won't apply the patches early enough and
>> causes issues like [1]. Switching back to compat 9 fixes this issue.
>>
>> Please run dh_quilt_patch before dh_autoreconf in compat 10 too.
> 
> dh_quilt_patch is not part of debhelper but is shipped in the quilt
> package so changes should probably happen there (and this bug should
> probably be reassigned).
> 
> My guess is that the effect you are seeing is caused by the order of
> commands in /usr/share/perl5/Debian/Debhelper/Sequence/quilt.pm.
> 
> Cheers,
> gregor
> 

Hi Martin and Ryan,

Please update your debhelper sequence (quilt.pm) to use:

"""
insert_before("dh_update_autotools_config", "dh_quilt_patch");
"""

This requires a dependency on debhelper (>= 9.20160114)

Thanks,
~Niels