[debhelper-devel] error: binary build with no binary artifacts found; .buildinfo is meaningless

Gunter Königsmann gunter at peterpall.de
Thu Jul 20 05:37:28 UTC 2017


> 
> This message from the log:
> 
> """
>  fakeroot debian/rules binary
> make: 'binary' is up to date.
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> """
> 
> sounds like there is a file or directory called "binary" in the
> directory (when "debian/rules binary" is called).  This triggers an
> unfortunate corner-case where make says "the file/dir exists, ergo I
> don't have to do anything".  Sadly, by doing nothing it avoids building
> the debs that we want.
> 
> 
> If this is the case, then you work around this by either:
> 
>  * Ensure there is no file/dir with the same name as one of the
>    mandatory debian/rules targets, OR
> 
>  * Use ".PHONY" Makefile targets[1].
> 

That works! Thanks a lot!

>From now on maxima will have a nightly build that offers both the sbcl
(fast!) and the clisp (memory efficient!) flavour and (as a side effect)
provides something quite like continuous integration.

Thanks again!

  Gunter.



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