https://bgstack15.ddns.net/blog/enContents © 2022 <a href="mailto:bgstack15@gmail.com">bgstack15</a> <a rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"> <img alt="Creative Commons License BY-SA" style="border-width:0; margin-bottom:12px;" src="https://bgstack15.ddns.net/.images/l_by-sa_4.0_88x31.png"></a>Sun, 27 Feb 2022 04:05:13 GMTNikola (getnikola.com)http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rsshttps://bgstack15.ddns.net/blog/posts/2021/10/05/fix-debhelper-autoconf-error/bgstack15<pre class="code literal-block"><span></span><code><span class="p">[</span> <span class="mi">455</span><span class="n">s</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="n">make</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s1">'build'</span> <span class="k">is</span> <span class="n">up</span> <span class="n">to</span> <span class="n">date</span><span class="o">.</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="mi">455</span><span class="n">s</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="n">fakeroot</span> <span class="n">debian</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">rules</span> <span class="n">binary</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="mi">455</span><span class="n">s</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="n">dh</span> <span class="n">binary</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="mi">455</span><span class="n">s</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="n">dh_update_autotools_config</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="mi">462</span><span class="n">s</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="n">dh_autoreconf</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="mi">474</span><span class="n">s</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="n">autoreconf</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">warning</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">autoconf</span> <span class="n">input</span> <span class="n">should</span> <span class="n">be</span> <span class="n">named</span> <span class="s1">'configure.ac'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="ow">not</span> <span class="s1">'configure.in'</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="mi">474</span><span class="n">s</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="n">autoreconf</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">error</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">configure</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="ow">in</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">AC_INIT</span> <span class="ow">not</span> <span class="n">found</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="ow">not</span> <span class="n">an</span> <span class="n">autoconf</span> <span class="n">script</span><span class="err">?</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="mi">485</span><span class="n">s</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="n">dh_autoreconf</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">error</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">autoreconf</span> <span class="o">-</span><span class="n">f</span> <span class="o">-</span><span class="n">i</span> <span class="n">returned</span> <span class="n">exit</span> <span class="n">code</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="mi">486</span><span class="n">s</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="n">make</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="o">***</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="n">debian</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">rules</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="mi">7</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">binary</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="n">Error</span> <span class="mi">25</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="mi">486</span><span class="n">s</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="n">dpkg</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">buildpackage</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">error</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">fakeroot</span> <span class="n">debian</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">rules</span> <span class="n">binary</span> <span class="n">subprocess</span> <span class="n">returned</span> <span class="n">exit</span> <span class="n">status</span> <span class="mi">2</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="mi">486</span><span class="n">s</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="c1">### VM INTERACTION START ###</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="mi">487</span><span class="n">s</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="n">Powering</span> <span class="n">off</span><span class="o">.</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="mi">487</span><span class="n">s</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="mf">465.787492</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="n">reboot</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">Power</span> <span class="n">down</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="mi">487</span><span class="n">s</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="c1">### VM INTERACTION END ###</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="mi">487</span><span class="n">s</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="mi">487</span><span class="n">s</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="n">lamb64</span> <span class="n">failed</span> <span class="s2">"build _service:extract_file:waterfox+devuan.dsc"</span> <span class="n">at</span> <span class="n">Wed</span> <span class="n">Sep</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="mi">12</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="mi">17</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="mi">25</span> <span class="n">UTC</span> <span class="mf">2021.</span> </code></pre> <p>After some Internet searching I learned that the problem is because one of the changes to debhelper now tries to run autoreconf, but this Mozilla-based package doesn't need it run. The fix is actually just a one-line change to <code>debian/rules</code>:</p> <pre class="code literal-block"><span></span><code><span class="gh">diff --git a/waterfox/debian/rules b/waterfox/debian/rules</span> <span class="gh">index 7e4cff5..7a68fcd 100755</span> <span class="gd">--- a/waterfox/debian/rules</span> <span class="gi">+++ b/waterfox/debian/rules</span> <span class="gu">@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@</span> export SHELL=/bin/bash %: <span class="gd">- dh $@</span> <span class="gi">+ dh $@ --without autoreconf</span> </code></pre> <p>My <a href="https://gitlab.com/bgstack15/stackrpms/-/commit/e2b62d4c2935e76f711812def6f854a8ba4ab28b">fix to my waterfox source package</a> is very simple.</p>autoconfdebhelperdebuildhttps://bgstack15.ddns.net/blog/posts/2021/10/05/fix-debhelper-autoconf-error/Tue, 05 Oct 2021 12:38:45 GMT