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Can't build package with pbuilder: Missing "files list file"

Asked by Philipp Hagemeister

I am trying to build an ubuntu package by following the steps at the official packing guide (http://doc.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/packagingguide/C/basic-scratch.html). This works until I try to create a binary package with pbuilder which exits with

dpkg-genchanges: failure: cannot read files list file: No such file or directory
pbuilder: Failed autobuilding of package

after compiling successfully.

What is that "files list file" ? Where is it located? Where can I find its documentation?

Thanks in advance,

Philipp Hagemeister

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Cesare Tirabassi (norsetto) said : 		#1

I'm not a MOTU myself, but by reading the manual page for dplg-genchanges I gather that the list of files to be uploaded is in debian/files. If the option -f is used, the file specified by this option is used as the source for the list of files.
Perhaps if you tell us what options you specified to pbuilder?

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Best Philipp Hagemeister (phihag) said : 		#2

Thank you for answering; I ran pbuilder optionless.

The problem was not pbuilder but my rules file. Adding
 dpkg-gencontrol -isp
to the binary-indep rule fixed the problem.

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Timo Jyrinki (timo-jyrinki) said : 		#3

For people finding this via google: a common simple mistake with this symptom is that you've specified an architecture in debian/control but are building on some other architecture.

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Wagner Volanin (volanin) said : 		#4

Thank you Timo, you just saved me hours of headache. Spot on!