I am running the debuild
in order to generate the <source.changes>
file to later upload my package using
dput ppa:myusername/mypackagename <source.changes>
as briefly mentioned here.
I recieve the following warning and errors:
$ debuild
This package has a Debian revision number but there does not seem to be an appropriate original tar file or .orig directory in the parent directory;
(expected one of screen-generator_0.3.orig.tar.gz, screen-generator_0.3.orig.tar.bz2,
screen-generator_0.3.orig.tar.lzma, screen-generator_0.3.orig.tar.xz or screen-generator.orig)
continue anyway? (y/n) y
dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -D -us -uc
dpkg-buildpackage: warning: using a gain-root-command while being root
dpkg-buildpackage: source package screen-generator
dpkg-buildpackage: source version 0.3-1
dpkg-buildpackage: source distribution UNRELEASED
dpkg-buildpackage: source changed by root <root@computer>
dpkg-source --before-build screen-generator
dpkg-buildpackage: host architecture amd64
dpkg-source: warning: unknown information field 'Package' in input data in general section of control info file
dpkg-source: warning: unknown information field 'Version' in input data in general section of control info file
dpkg-source: warning: unknown information field 'Architecture' in input data in general section of control info file
dpkg-source: warning: unknown information field 'Description' in input data in general section of control info file
dpkg-source: error: screen-generator/debian/control doesn't list any binary package
dpkg-buildpackage: error: dpkg-source --before-build screen-generator gave error exit status 255
What do I need to do to avoid this error or generate a <source.changes>
file?
My package is called screen-generator
and my debian/control
file contains the following
Source: screen-generator
Package: screen-generator
Version: 0.3
Standard-Version: 0.3
Section: base
Maintainer: my_mail@gmail.com <my_mail@gmail.com>
XSBC-Original-Maintainer: Name <my_mail@gmail.com>
Priority: optional
Architecture: any
Vcs-Bzr: lp:ubuntu/screen-generator
Homepage: https://github.com/boddhissattva/screen-generator
Vcs-Git: https://github.com/boddhissattva/screen-generator
Description:
screen-generator generates screen configuration files and launches screen by providing a chain of commands
Best Answer
You must reorder you control file in this way:
Note the blank line between Maintainer and Package, this is really needed. Once you do that re-run debuild and your issue with "unknown information field" must be resolved.