apt-build has a critical failure before even managing to download source packages

Hi,

apt-build uses apt-cache to retrieve the information for the package.
I check it and i found that if you don't have also the corresponding deb line, it doesn't work.

If there's a command to retrieve the list of a deb-src repository, i could try to make a patch. :)

thanks!

it occur to me that It should use apt-cache showsrc instead of only 'show'...

There's a patch for this bug in the report of #45875

Sorry, Andrea, I've just sponsored the debdiff from bug 45875, which did not include the fix for this bug.
Also, I have a heavily improved/patched apt-build laying around here, which I wanted to split into patch sets and put into version control. I'll do so in the next days and we can see how to address this particular bug here then, ok?
Please attach a new patch against the new version in Hardy, and I'll try to see how it fits in the other patches I have. Thanks!

Hi Daniel,
really, I think you have uploaded the patch containing also the fix for this bug:

In sources from hardy, i see:
  1 apt-build (0.12.29ubuntu1) hardy; urgency=low
  2
  3 * apt-build:.
  4 - Support specific version/distribution for packages to install.
  5 ( LP: #145875 )
  6 - get_src_version should use apt-cache showrc instead of show
  7 ( LP: #79364 )

And in apt-build:
416 open APTCIN, $conf->apt_cache . " showsrc $pkg_name |";

So, this bug is actually fixed.... :)

For your patchset, i'll be glad to help you..

bye!

I cannot see the reference on https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/hardy/+source/apt-build/0.12.29ubuntu1 - you are probably looking at the package you've build yourself..

Ah! you're right:
Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net hardy/main apt-build 0.12.29ubuntu1 (tar)
[41,7kB]

sorry. :)

This bug was fixed in the package apt-build - 0.12.31ubuntu1

---------------
apt-build (0.12.31ubuntu1) hardy; urgency=low

  * Manual sync from Debian unstable, plus a new fix (described below).
  * apt-build (LP: #79364):
     - Fix apt-build to let it use packages from repositories for which there's
       only a deb-src line in /etc/apt/sources.list. This is done by
       changing the "apt-cache show" call in get_src_version() to use
       "apt-cache showsrc" instead; fix discovered by Andrea Gasparini.
  * debian/control:
     - Modify Maintainer value to match the DebianMaintainerField
       specification.

 -- Siegfried-Angel Gevatter Pujals (RainCT) <email address hidden> Sun, 06 Apr 2008 19:55:59 +0200

Another time the bug was found on hardy

apt-build was working normally, until the update-manager updated it to

$ apt-build -v
apt-build version 0.12.31ubuntu1

Since that, I got the next problem:

$ sudo apt-build source mysql-server
Missing source package name for source_by_source().

$ sudo apt-build install mysql-server
mysql-server will not be built because it doesn't have a source package.
Missing source package name for source_by_source().

$ sudo apt-get source mysql-server
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Need to get 18.3MB of source archives.
Get:1 http://lv.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main mysql-dfsg-5.0 5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.1 (dsc) [1422B]
Get:2 http://lv.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main mysql-dfsg-5.0 5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.1 (tar) [17.9MB]
Get:3 http://lv.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main mysql-dfsg-5.0 5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.1 (diff) [307kB]
Fetched 18.3MB in 3s (5733kB/s)
gpg: Signature made Thu 08 May 2008 04:54:16 PM EEST using DSA key ID FA14013B
gpg: Can't check signature: public key not found
dpkg-source: extracting mysql-dfsg-5.0 in mysql-dfsg-5.0-5.0.51a
dpkg-source: unpacking mysql-dfsg-5.0_5.0.51a.orig.tar.gz
dpkg-source: applying ./mysql-dfsg-5.0_5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.1.diff.gz

Hi, thanks for your feedback, but it simply works for me:
$ sudo apt-build -v
apt-build version 0.12.31ubuntu1
$ sudo apt-build source mysql-server
-----> Updating package lists <-----
Ign http://download.skype.com stable Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy Release.gpg
[ .... lot of outputs... ]
Hit http://it.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-proposed/universe Sources
Lettura della lista dei pacchetti in corso... Fatto
-----> Downloading source mysql-dfsg-5.0 (5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.2) <-----
Lettura della lista dei pacchetti in corso... Fatto
Generazione dell'albero delle dipendenze in corso
Lettura delle informazioni di stato... Fatto
È necessario prendere 18,3MB di sorgenti
Get:1 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-proposed/main mysql-dfsg-5.0 5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.2 (dsc)
....
and so on...

Could you please attach the output of:
apt-cache policy apt-build

and all the information you're able to retrieve about it? Does it do thiw way also for other source packages?

thanks.

This works for me on Hardy with no interesting repositories. Having just installed apt-build, I did:

$ apt-build -v
apt-build version 0.12.31ubuntu1
$ sudo apt-build source mysql-server
You must put some ‘source’ URIs in your sources.list
E: You must put some ‘source’ URIs in your sources.list
Missing source package name for source_by_source().

(Then added source packages with the Software Sources tool)

$ sudo apt-build source mysql-server
-----> Updating package lists <-----
Hit http://archive.canonical.com hardy Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.canonical.com hardy/partner Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy Release.gpg
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Translation-en_GB
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security Release.gpg
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/main Translation-en_GB
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/restricted Translation-en_GB
Hit http://archive.canonical.com hardy Release
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Translation-en_GB
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/restricted Translation-en_GB
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/universe Translation-en_GB
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/universe Translation-en_GB
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security Release
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy Release
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates Release
Hit http://archive.canonical.com hardy/partner Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/main Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/main Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/universe Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/multiverse Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-u...

Interesting, I made nothing, except just rebooting the machine and it
found all the repositories and sources needed.
All is working fine, thanks to all!

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