Bug#806082: multipath-tools: FTBFS when built with dpkg-buildpackage -A (No such file or directory)

[Santiago Vila]

Package: src:multipath-tools
Version: 0.5.0+git1.656f8865-1
User: sanvila at debian.org
Usertags: binary-indep
Severity: important

Dear maintainer:

I tried to build this package with "dpkg-buildpackage -A"
(i.e. only architecture-independent packages), and it failed:

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[...]
 fakeroot debian/rules binary-indep
dh_testdir
DEB_CFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND="-static-libgcc" /usr/bin/make  LIB=/lib USE_SYSTEMD=0
make[1]: Entering directory '/<<BUILDDIR>>/multipath-tools-0.5.0+git1.656f8865'
make[2]: Entering directory '/<<BUILDDIR>>/multipath-tools-0.5.0+git1.656f8865/libmultipath'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for 'all'.
make[2]: Leaving directory '/<<BUILDDIR>>/multipath-tools-0.5.0+git1.656f8865/libmultipath'
make[2]: Entering directory '/<<BUILDDIR>>/multipath-tools-0.5.0+git1.656f8865/libmultipath/prioritizers'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for 'all'.
make[2]: Leaving directory '/<<BUILDDIR>>/multipath-tools-0.5.0+git1.656f8865/libmultipath/prioritizers'
make[2]: Entering directory '/<<BUILDDIR>>/multipath-tools-0.5.0+git1.656f8865/libmultipath/checkers'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for 'all'.
make[2]: Leaving directory '/<<BUILDDIR>>/multipath-tools-0.5.0+git1.656f8865/libmultipath/checkers'
make[2]: Entering directory '/<<BUILDDIR>>/multipath-tools-0.5.0+git1.656f8865/libmpathpersist'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for 'all'.
make[2]: Leaving directory '/<<BUILDDIR>>/multipath-tools-0.5.0+git1.656f8865/libmpathpersist'
make[2]: Entering directory '/<<BUILDDIR>>/multipath-tools-0.5.0+git1.656f8865/multipath'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for 'all'.
make[2]: Leaving directory '/<<BUILDDIR>>/multipath-tools-0.5.0+git1.656f8865/multipath'
make[2]: Entering directory '/<<BUILDDIR>>/multipath-tools-0.5.0+git1.656f8865/multipathd'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for 'all'.
make[2]: Leaving directory '/<<BUILDDIR>>/multipath-tools-0.5.0+git1.656f8865/multipathd'

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dh_testroot
dh_prep
dh_installdirs
mkdir -p /<<BUILDDIR>>/multipath-tools-0.5.0+git1.656f8865/debian/tmp/sbin
/usr/bin/make install INSTALL_PROGRAM=install -s DESTDIR=/<<BUILDDIR>>/multipath-tools-0.5.0+git1.656f8865/debian/tmp LIB=/lib SYSTEMDPATH=/lib USE_SYSTEMD=1
install: cannot stat 'libmultipath.so.0': No such file or directory
Makefile:62: recipe for target 'install' failed
make[2]: *** [install] Error 1
Makefile:52: recipe for target 'recurse_install' failed
make[1]: *** [recurse_install] Error 2
debian/rules:67: recipe for target 'install' failed
make: *** [install] Error 2
dpkg-buildpackage: error: fakeroot debian/rules binary-indep gave error exit status 2
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Sorry not to have a fix, as I am reporting many bugs similar to
this one, but I can give some general hints:

* If all the arch-independent packages are dummy transitional packages
released with jessie, the easy fix is to drop them now.
 
* If not, debian/rules should be modified so that the binary-indep
target works in all cases, even when binary-arch is not used (this is
what the "Architecture: all" autobuilder does). For that:
    
* If you are using debhelper, you might want to use options -a and -i
for dh_* commands so that they do not act on packages they do not
have to act.

* Also, if you are using dh, the (independently) optional targets
override_dh_foo-arch and override_dh_foo-indep (for several values
of "foo") may be useful to write a debian/rules which behaves exactly
as desired.


After checking that both "dpkg-buildpackage -A" and "dpkg-buildpackage -B"
work properly, this package will be suitable to be uploaded in
source-only form if you wish (you might want to try it).

Thanks.