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/rcs_5.10.1-1_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, [...] Yes, building the package regenerates various source files like the man and info pages, changing timestamps compared to the version shipped in the upstream tarball. Building out-of-tree (with --builddir) avoids some of those changes but not all, and I don't think this is worth spending a lot of time on. It's been like this for many years and nobody ever cared.
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of rcs, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive. A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is attached. Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you have further comments please address them to 1048011@bugs.debian.org, and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> (supplier of updated rcs package) (This message was generated automatically at their request; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org) Format: 1.8 Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2025 14:50:00 +0100 Source: rcs Architecture: source Version: 5.10.1-3 Distribution: unstable Urgency: medium Maintainer: Debian QA Group <packages@qa.debian.org> Changed-By: Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Closes: 1048011 Changes: rcs (5.10.1-3) unstable; urgency=medium . * QA upload. * Fix clean target. Closes: #1048011. * d/control: Drop "Priority: optional" (default). * d/control: Update standards-version. Checksums-Sha1: f4eab074cee875d52aa763e7bcebf123ceb6126f 1505 rcs_5.10.1-3.dsc 213c995b25fdc2287942eb8d7d5a4fdb810aa2e4 7156 rcs_5.10.1-3.debian.tar.xz 239960126c90d59638580665c39e88e8f037d495 5524 rcs_5.10.1-3_source.buildinfo Checksums-Sha256: ffb813f4dbbf0bde7db379f4cb68772957b0d1d2a70667e1882ea6f7b74a689d 1505 rcs_5.10.1-3.dsc fdbbefab21bb7c6d816bd5e429983fcfc7669892013d3b5669fa28fce89736e9 7156 rcs_5.10.1-3.debian.tar.xz 7c79731f9f1b1ef4b4db7c13d211d31fd8aba9f98e28a9168d087c93c7772be0 5524 rcs_5.10.1-3_source.buildinfo Files: 31712230337f0e5de7e75fdfba71f59a 1505 vcs optional rcs_5.10.1-3.dsc 3e247768d2a8b583c5b87929576fe5b3 7156 vcs optional rcs_5.10.1-3.debian.tar.xz 592203c64296b54c413e6b4cd49070f4 5524 vcs optional rcs_5.10.1-3_source.buildinfo -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAEBCgAdFiEE1Uw7+v+wQt44LaXXQc5/C58bizIFAmku/gYACgkQQc5/C58b izK7bQf+KN6Ces19hc/kF7V1QnrhEoDootfWGFBYr5V/h7fLKMkZ/1BKOa0RQV0Z YdBegnx1SZ/r/HAV+MgOim48TpsOT//sPOCYcby/rUGRh5GqQhUMCJiQd/37+MfV paXFFiJKOiY15p7DW9M/OZzPsOwrudCy8ugb+Vrv5PeUsO0sXZHZtyOAutQyUn+4 lKfnCRYnCtYwb8gQIDvxHYWyorxlrgJkzakBJUnhaDCGlLqrX91UgeLmCEefxCcP Pe0SpDTP+I6FP4+CTipWWh2lS/aBYBFH4xaF4qyFJl7T6ohcdA8NRHP55cc9xKeZ yF4odqz9r6Ompupn31mXYfipHdBqgg== =Pr/1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----