Shadowsocks-libev: dpkg-buildpackage failure: dh_makeshlibs: failing due to earlier errors

Created on 6 Sep 2018 · 2Comments · Source: shadowsocks/shadowsocks-libev

What version of shadowsocks-libev are you using?

Latest commit (3.2.0-37-g46ff0a8)

What operating system are you using?

Ubuntu Xenial (Same problem with Trusty/Bionic/Precise)

What did you do?

Build deb package from the source through Launchpad.net

What did you expect to see?

Successful build

What did you see instead?

Build failure: dh_makeshlibs: failing due to earlier errors

It seems that the problem is related to the outdated/missing symbol files.

dpkg-gensymbols: warning: some new symbols appeared in the symbols file: see diff output below
dpkg-gensymbols: warning: some symbols or patterns disappeared in the symbols file: see diff output below
dpkg-gensymbols: warning: debian/libshadowsocks-libev2/DEBIAN/symbols doesn't match completely debian/libshadowsocks-libev2.symbols

Since the log is very long I am not going to copy & paste it here. Full log for the build of xenial packages is here: https://launchpadlibrarian.net/387094697/buildlog_ubuntu-xenial-amd64.shadowsocks-libev_3.2.0-37-g46ff0a8+xenial+ixnet.work-1_BUILDING.txt.gz

What is your config in detail (with all sensitive info masked)?

N/A

third-party bug

Source

fsgmhoward

Most helpful comment

My suggestion about dealing with the symbols files in upstream repo: please delete debian/*.symbols since they are of little use for those who are not distribution packagers. I will make a PR later for that.