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[Maxim Nikulin <address@hidden>]

Alejandro Jakubi wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Jun 2009, Maxim Nikulin wrote:
>
> > I just have changed libltdl7-dev to libltdl3-dev in debian/control 

                                                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

> > file and
> > the build have finished successfully. It is too late to test the package
> > just now.
>
> OK, we are cooking.... I have edited texmacs_1.0.7.2-1.dsc, replacing

                                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

> "libltdl-dev | libltdl7-dev" with "libltdl3-dev", executed again 'fakeroot
> dpkg-buildpackage -b -us -uc', and got this error:
>
> =====
> dpkg-buildpackage: set CPPFLAGS to default value:
> dpkg-buildpackage: set CFLAGS to default value: -g -O2
> dpkg-buildpackage: set CXXFLAGS to default value: -g -O2
> dpkg-buildpackage: set FFLAGS to default value: -g -O2
> dpkg-buildpackage: set LDFLAGS to default value: -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions
> tail: cannot open `debian/changelog' for reading: No such file or directory
> dpkg-buildpackage: failure: tail of debian/changelog gave error exit 

                                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

> status 1
> =====
>
> There is a file texmacs-1.0.7.2/debian/changelog with rw permission, so

                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

> that I
> do not see what is the issue here.
>
> Whatever it is, this experiment just shows once more that compiling
> applications is, generically, an artisan work for individuals with 
> expertise,
> and an advise like "just compile the current TeXmacs from sources" is not
> valid for most ordinary users.

For sure if artisan means a person who can follow instructions. 
Probably, you have a reason to be suspicious of bash instead of dash, 
but you edit a wrong file and unreasonably skip a simple but important 
command (during the previous attempt it was executed).

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Regards,
Maxim Nikulin