Activity log for bug #1767792

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2018-04-29 12:05:28 Andrew Bird bug added bug
2018-04-29 12:05:43 Andrew Bird summary dh_installxfonts creates wrong dependancy dh_installxfonts creates wrong dependency
2018-04-29 14:06:09 Bambang Pranoto bug added subscriber Bambang Pranoto
2018-04-29 14:06:56 Launchpad Janitor debhelper (Ubuntu): status New Confirmed
2018-05-10 06:24:27 Niels Thykier bug watch added https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=894835
2018-05-10 06:24:27 Niels Thykier bug watch added https://github.com/stsp/dosemu2/issues/597
2018-05-10 08:57:00 Iain Lane description The debhelper shipped with 18.04 contains a typo that generates the wrong dependency when using dh_installxfonts in a package build. There is already a patch from the developer that introduced the typo available in Debian https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=894835 The effect of this bug can be seen when trying to install a PPA package built in the build farm. See https://github.com/stsp/dosemu2/issues/597#issuecomment-385178269 for a user report [ Description ] dh_installxfonts in some cases substitutes a dependency on 'xfont-utils' into ${misc:Depends}. This package doesn't exist; the resulting .deb is uninstallable. [ Test case ] Rebuild 'thaixfonts' on bionic and check that the packages depend on 'xfonts-utils' and not 'xfont-utils'. [ Regression potential ] If the patch is still wrong, we'll still generate uninstallable packages. If it's really wrong we could break the build. [ Original report ] The debhelper shipped with 18.04 contains a typo that generates the wrong dependency when using dh_installxfonts in a package build. There is already a patch from the developer that introduced the typo available in Debian https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=894835 The effect of this bug can be seen when trying to install a PPA package built in the build farm. See https://github.com/stsp/dosemu2/issues/597#issuecomment-385178269 for a user report
2018-05-10 09:00:52 Iain Lane nominated for series Ubuntu Bionic
2018-05-10 09:00:52 Iain Lane bug task added debhelper (Ubuntu Bionic)
2018-05-10 09:00:58 Iain Lane debhelper (Ubuntu): status Confirmed Fix Released
2018-05-10 09:01:01 Iain Lane debhelper (Ubuntu Bionic): status New In Progress
2018-05-10 09:01:04 Iain Lane debhelper (Ubuntu Bionic): assignee Iain Lane (laney)
2018-05-10 09:53:36 Andy Whitcroft debhelper (Ubuntu Bionic): status In Progress Fix Committed
2018-05-10 09:53:37 Andy Whitcroft bug added subscriber Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team
2018-05-10 09:53:40 Andy Whitcroft bug added subscriber SRU Verification
2018-05-10 09:53:42 Andy Whitcroft tags verification-needed verification-needed-bionic
2018-05-26 07:45:28 Bambang Pranoto tags verification-needed verification-needed-bionic verification-done-bionic verification-needed
2018-05-28 13:39:20 Launchpad Janitor debhelper (Ubuntu Bionic): status Fix Committed Fix Released
2018-05-28 13:39:24 Ɓukasz Zemczak removed subscriber Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team