Hi,

This package fails to build a source package after a successful build
(dpkg-buildpackage ; dpkg-buildpackage -S).

This is probably a clear violation of Debian Policy section 4.9 (clean target),
but this is filed as severity:minor for now, because a discussion on
debian-devel showed that we might want to revisit the requirement of a working
'clean' target.

More information about this class of issues, included common problems and
solutions, is available at
https://wiki.debian.org/qa.debian.org/FTBFS/SourceAfterBuild

Relevant part of the build log:
The full build log is available from:
http://qa-logs.debian.net/2023/08/13/ldapvi_1.7-10_unstable.log

If you reassign this bug to another package, please mark it as 'affects'-ing
this package. See https://www.debian.org/Bugs/server-control#affects

If you fail to reproduce this, please provide a build log and diff it with mine
so that we can identify if something relevant changed in the meantime.

Hi Rhonda,

This happens because configure is saved to configure.save and then
moved back again in the "dh_clean" step. In the next build, dh_auto_clean
calls "make distclean" that removes the configure file.

make distclean is not called in the first build because there is no GNUMakefile
in the first build, but it is generated as a part of the first build's process.

IMHO, the easier solution would be either of these:
* Change dh_clean to dh_auto_clean
* Patch GNUMakefile.in to *not* remove configure.

I've attached a patch for the first solution. Please consider applying if you
find this OK.

Best,
Nilesh