[cross] dpkg-genchanges: error: package binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi has priority optional in control file but extra in files list

Bug #612629 reported by Marcin Juszkiewicz
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: binutils

Building of cross binutils ends with error:

dpkg-gencontrol -isp -cdebian/control.arm-linux-gnueabi -Pdebian/binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi -pbinutils-arm-linux-gnueabi
dpkg --build debian/binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi ..
dpkg-deb: warning: 'debian/binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi/DEBIAN/control' contains user-defined field 'Original-Maintainer'
dpkg-deb: building package `binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi' in `../binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi_2.20.51.20100710-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb'.
dpkg-deb: warning: ignoring 1 warnings about the control file(s)

 dpkg-genchanges -b >../binutils_2.20.51.20100710-1ubuntu2_amd64.changes
dpkg-genchanges: warning: package binutils in control file but not in files list
dpkg-genchanges: warning: package binutils-dev in control file but not in files list
dpkg-genchanges: warning: package binutils-multiarch in control file but not in files list
dpkg-genchanges: warning: package binutils-gold in control file but not in files list
dpkg-genchanges: warning: package binutils-static in control file but not in files list
dpkg-genchanges: warning: package binutils-static-udeb in control file but not in files list
dpkg-genchanges: warning: package binutils-doc in control file but not in files list
dpkg-genchanges: warning: package binutils-source in control file but not in files list
dpkg-genchanges: warning: package binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi listed in files list but not in control info
dpkg-genchanges: error: package binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi has priority optional in control file but extra in files list
dpkg-buildpackage: error: dpkg-genchanges gave error exit status 255

I have a fix for it.

Tags: patch
Revision history for this message
Marcin Juszkiewicz (hrw) wrote :

revision 74 in linked branch fixes it

Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package binutils - 2.20.51.20100813-1ubuntu1

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binutils (2.20.51.20100813-1ubuntu1) maverick; urgency=low

  * Merge with Debian.

binutils (2.20.51.20100813-1) experimental; urgency=low

  * Snapshot, taken from the trunk 20100813.

  [ Jonathan Nieder ]
  * Remove ld.bfd from binutils-multiarch (not that useful without an
    multiarch assembler).

  [ Marcin Juszkiewicz ]
  * Revert sysroot to / for cross builds. LP: #598389.
  * Generate debian/control for native and cross builds. LP: #612629.
  * Provide packaging rules in -source package. LP: #608745.

  [ Matthias Klose ]
  * Don't apply patches, when PATCHED_SOURCES is set to `yes'.
  * Proposed patch for PR11889, readelf crashes for malformed binaries
    (Dan Rosenberg). LP: #614206.
 -- Matthias Klose <email address hidden> Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:26:32 +0200

Changed in binutils (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
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