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How to fix "debian-rules-is-dh_make-template"?


Problem

I had a following error(debian-rules-is-dh_make-template) from lintian.

How should I fix to pass the error?

The message showed me that I didn't modify debian/rules, but I already modified (I added override_dh_auto_clean:), so I guess that my debian/rules is insufficient but I can't figure out why my debian/rules is insufficient...

$ lintian hello_2.10-0ubuntu1.dsc --info
...
E: hello source: debian-rules-is-dh_make-template
N:
N:    The debian/rules file appears to be an unmodified or insufficiently
N:    modified copy of the dh_make template.
N:
N:    Please double-check the rules file.
N:
N:    Severity: important, Certainty: certain
N:
N:    Check: rules, Type: source
N:
...

my dibian/rules is below.

#!/usr/bin/make -f
# See debhelper(7) (uncomment to enable)
# output every command that modifies files on the build system.
#export DH_VERBOSE = 1


# see FEATURE AREAS in dpkg-buildflags(1)
#export DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS = hardening=+all

# see ENVIRONMENT in dpkg-buildflags(1)
# package maintainers to append CFLAGS
#export DEB_CFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND  = -Wall -pedantic
# package maintainers to append LDFLAGS
#export DEB_LDFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND = -Wl,--as-needed


%:
        dh $@

override_dh_auto_clean:
        echo clean

# dh_make generated override targets
# This is example for Cmake (See https://bugs.debian.org/641051 )
#override_dh_auto_configure:
#       dh_auto_configure -- #  -DCMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH=$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)

Background

I'm trying to do the tutorial(https://packaging.ubuntu.com/html/packaging-new-software.html#starting-a-package).

By using default debian/rules, I had a error like this(https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-packaging-guide/+bug/1248353/).

Therefore, I added override_dh_auto_clean: in my debian/rules for workaround(https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-packaging-guide/+bug/1248353/comments/10).


Solution

  • How about delete commentary in debian/rules?

    #!/usr/bin/make -f
    %:
            dh $@
    
    override_dh_auto_clean:
            echo clean