[Pkg-net-snmp-devel] Bug#806085: net-snmp: FTBFS when built with dpkg-buildpackage -A (No such file or directory)

[Santiago Vila]

Package: src:net-snmp
Version: 5.7.3+dfsg-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 binary-indep --with autotools-dev,autoreconf,python2
   dh_testroot -i
   dh_prep -i
   dh_installdirs -i
   dh_auto_install -i
	make -j1 install DESTDIR=/<<BUILDDIR>>/net-snmp-5.7.3\+dfsg/debian/tmp AM_UPDATE_INFO_DIR=no
make[1]: Entering directory '/<<BUILDDIR>>/net-snmp-5.7.3+dfsg'
creating directory /<<BUILDDIR>>/net-snmp-5.7.3+dfsg/debian/tmp/usr/include/net-snmp
mkdir /<<BUILDDIR>>/net-snmp-5.7.3+dfsg/debian/tmp
mkdir /<<BUILDDIR>>/net-snmp-5.7.3+dfsg/debian/tmp/usr
mkdir /<<BUILDDIR>>/net-snmp-5.7.3+dfsg/debian/tmp/usr/include
mkdir /<<BUILDDIR>>/net-snmp-5.7.3+dfsg/debian/tmp/usr/include/net-snmp
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./include/net-snmp/version.h /<<BUILDDIR>>/net-snmp-5.7.3+dfsg/debian/tmp/usr/include/net-snmp/version.h
installing version.h in /<<BUILDDIR>>/net-snmp-5.7.3+dfsg/debian/tmp/usr/include/net-snmp
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./include/net-snmp/net-snmp-features.h /<<BUILDDIR>>/net-snmp-5.7.3+dfsg/debian/tmp/usr/include/net-snmp/net-snmp-features.h
installing net-snmp-features.h in /<<BUILDDIR>>/net-snmp-5.7.3+dfsg/debian/tmp/usr/include/net-snmp
creating directory /<<BUILDDIR>>/net-snmp-5.7.3+dfsg/debian/tmp/usr/include/net-snmp
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 include/net-snmp/net-snmp-config.h /<<BUILDDIR>>/net-snmp-5.7.3+dfsg/debian/tmp/usr/include/net-snmp/net-snmp-config.h
installing include/net-snmp/net-snmp-config.h in /<<BUILDDIR>>/net-snmp-5.7.3+dfsg/debian/tmp/usr/include/net-snmp
creating directory /<<BUILDDIR>>/net-snmp-5.7.3+dfsg/debian/tmp/usr/include/net-snmp/system
mkdir /<<BUILDDIR>>/net-snmp-5.7.3+dfsg/debian/tmp/usr/include/net-snmp/system

[... snipped ...]

writing manifest file 'netsnmp_python.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
reading manifest file 'netsnmp_python.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
writing manifest file 'netsnmp_python.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
Copying netsnmp_python.egg-info to /<<BUILDDIR>>/net-snmp-5.7.3+dfsg/debian/tmp/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/netsnmp_python-1.0a1.egg-info
running install_scripts
install /<<BUILDDIR>>/net-snmp-5.7.3+dfsg/EXAMPLE.conf /<<BUILDDIR>>/net-snmp-5.7.3+dfsg/debian/snmpd/etc/snmp/snmpd.conf
install: cannot create regular file '/<<BUILDDIR>>/net-snmp-5.7.3+dfsg/debian/snmpd/etc/snmp/snmpd.conf': No such file or directory
debian/rules:75: recipe for target 'override_dh_install' failed
make[1]: *** [override_dh_install] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/<<BUILDDIR>>/net-snmp-5.7.3+dfsg'
debian/rules:38: recipe for target 'binary-indep' failed
make: *** [binary-indep] 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.