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Bug#966834: debhelper: dh_missing has a confusing typo+msg in $has_related_files

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  Bug#966834: debhelper: dh_missing has a confusing typo+msg in $has_related_files Diego Escalante <diegoe@gnome.org> - 2020-08-03 07:20 +0200

#1020236 — Bug#966834: debhelper: dh_missing has a confusing typo+msg in $has_related_files

Package: debhelper
Version: 13.2
Severity: important
X-Debbugs-Cc: diegoe@gnome.org

Dear Maintainer,

dh_missing prints the following message when $has_related_files is met:

+       if ($had_related_files) {
+               my ($missing, $alt_source) = $had_related_files->@*;
+               nonquiet_print();
+               nonquiet_print('Some of the files had a file that looked similar to a missing counter part. Perhaps');
+               nonquiet_print('one of the debhelper tools should installed the missing file instead of its related');
+               nonquiet_print('file assuming the content is identical.');
+               nonquiet_print();
+               nonquiet_print('As an example, perhaps you want to replace:');
+               nonquiet_print(" * ${alt_source}");
+               nonquiet_print('with:');
+               nonquiet_print(" * ${missing}");
+               nonquiet_print('in a file in debian/ or as argument to one of the dh_* tools called from debian/rules.');
+               nonquiet_print('(Note it is possible the paths are not used verbatim but instead directories ');
+               nonquiet_print('containing or globs matching them are used instead)');
+               nonquiet_print();
+               nonquiet_print('Alternatively, add the missing file to debian/not-installed if it cannot and should not');
+               nonquiet_print('be used.');
+               nonquiet_print();


The above message is confusing in precisely what "file" means, specially
in the second sentence where it goes about "the missing file instead of
its related file" (huh?)

Since there's a typo in "debhelpers tools should (?) installed", I
couldn't figure out what the original intention of the warning was. I
figured out my FTBFS, but mostly because I saw the printed references to
the offending files.

I would have sent you a patch but I didn't know what the message was
supposed to convey. Sorry :(.

I would be thankful if the message could be updated to be slightly more
precise, or at least remove the typo :P.

Thanks!

-- System Information:
Debian Release: bullseye/sid
  APT prefers unstable-debug
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 5.7.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages debhelper depends on:
ii  autotools-dev            20180224.1
ii  dh-autoreconf            19
ii  dh-strip-nondeterminism  1.9.0-1
ii  dpkg                     1.20.5
ii  dpkg-dev                 1.20.5
ii  dwz                      0.13-5
ii  file                     1:5.38-4
ii  libdebhelper-perl        13.2
ii  libdpkg-perl             1.20.5
ii  man-db                   2.9.3-1
ii  perl                     5.30.3-4
ii  po-debconf               1.0.21

debhelper recommends no packages.

Versions of packages debhelper suggests:
pn  dh-make  <none>

-- no debconf information

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