Build from source files fails on Ubuntu due to missing ChangeLog

[arnonm]

Describe the bug

Build from source files fails on Ubuntu due to missing ChangeLog

Steps to reproduce:
On Ubuntu 22.10 new system
cd /tmp
wget https://github.com/trapexit/mergerfs/archive/refs/tags/2.35.0.tar.gz
tar xvf mergerfs-2.35.0.tar.gz
cd mergerfs-2.35.0
./tools/install-build-pkgs
make deb
make distclean
make[1]: Entering directory '/opt/src/mergerfs-2.35.0'
rm -rf rpmbuild
rm -rf build
find . -name "*~" -delete
make -C libfuse clean
make[2]: Entering directory '/opt/src/mergerfs-2.35.0/libfuse'
rm -rf build
make[2]: Leaving directory '/opt/src/mergerfs-2.35.0/libfuse'
make[1]: Leaving directory '/opt/src/mergerfs-2.35.0'
make debian-changelog
make[1]: Entering directory '/opt/src/mergerfs-2.35.0'
cp ChangeLog debian/changelog
cp: cannot stat 'ChangeLog': No such file or directory
make[1]: *** [Makefile:222: debian-changelog] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/opt/src/mergerfs-2.35.0'
make: *** [Makefile:233: deb] Error 2

Expected - build to work
Issue: No ChangeLog is included in src file and it is not a git directory

[trapexit]

Please use the expressly packaged source and not the github generated one.

https://github.com/trapexit/mergerfs/releases/download/2.35.0/mergerfs-2.35.0.tar.gz

[arnonm]

Downloaded the tar and retried. Now generating a debian-buster package, although we are on Ubuntu 22.10
root@hda:/usr/local/src/mergerfs/mergerfs-2.35.0# make deb
make distclean
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/local/src/mergerfs/mergerfs-2.35.0'
rm -rf rpmbuild
rm -rf build
find . -name "*" -delete
make -C libfuse clean
make[2]: Entering directory '/usr/local/src/mergerfs/mergerfs-2.35.0/libfuse'
rm -rf build
make[2]: Leaving directory '/usr/local/src/mergerfs/mergerfs-2.35.0/libfuse'
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/local/src/mergerfs/mergerfs-2.35.0'
make debian-changelog
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/local/src/mergerfs/mergerfs-2.35.0'
cp ChangeLog debian/changelog
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/local/src/mergerfs/mergerfs-2.35.0'
dpkg-source -b .
dpkg-source: warning: no source format specified in debian/source/format, see dpkg-source(1)
dpkg-source: info: using source format '1.0'
dpkg-source: warning: native package version may not have a revision
dpkg-source: warning: source directory 'mergerfs-2.35.0' is not - 'mergerfs-2.35.0debian'
dpkg-source: info: building mergerfs in mergerfs_2.35.0debian-buster.tar.gz
dpkg-source: info: building mergerfs in mergerfs_2.35.0debian-buster.dsc
dpkg-buildpackage -nc -uc -us
dpkg-buildpackage: info: source package mergerfs
dpkg-buildpackage: info: source version 2.35.0debian-buster
dpkg-buildpackage: info: source distribution buster
dpkg-buildpackage: info: source changed by trapexit trapexit@spawn.link
dpkg-buildpackage: info: host architecture amd64
dpkg-source --before-build .
debian/rules build
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/local/src/mergerfs/mergerfs-2.35.0'
dh build --parallel
dh: warning: Compatibility levels before 10 are deprecated (level 9 in use)
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/local/src/mergerfs/mergerfs-2.35.0'
debian/rules binary
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/local/src/mergerfs/mergerfs-2.35.0'
dh binary --parallel
dh: warning: Compatibility levels before 10 are deprecated (level 9 in use)
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/local/src/mergerfs/mergerfs-2.35.0'
dpkg-genbuildinfo --build=binary -O../mergerfs_2.35.0debian-buster_amd64.buildinfo
dpkg-genchanges --build=binary -O../mergerfs_2.35.0~debian-buster_amd64.changes
dpkg-genchanges: info: binary-only upload (no source code included)
dpkg-source --after-build .
dpkg-buildpackage: info: binary-only upload (no source included)
root@hda:/usr/local/src/mergerfs/mergerfs-2.35.0#cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=22.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=kinetic
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 22.10"

[trapexit]

It isnt. It's just the changelog was built on that os. Is there some proper way to generate a changelog that isn't just sed?

[trapexit]

Can you please explain to me what your trying to accomplish? Do you just want to build a package without git? You want a specific branded deb for download?

[arnonm-intel]

I am trying to build it from source on a Ubuntu 22.10 machine with Ansible.
Ignore the original heading about the ChangeLog. I followed your advice and downloaded the released tar
Current steps:
wget https://github.com/trapexit/mergerfs/releases/download/2.35.0/mergerfs-2.35.0.tar.gz
tar tvf mergerfs-2.35.0.tar.gz
make deb
Expected result:
File in mergerfs named mergerfs_2.35.0ubuntu-kinetic_amd64.deb
Actual result
File in mergerfs named mergerfs_2.35.0debian-buster_amd64.deb

Just to verify that the system is the correct one, I ran:
cat /etc/lsb-release and result is:
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=22.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=kinetic
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 22.10"

So the CODENAME and DISTRIB_ID are correct, the make file is not picking it up.

[trapexit]

It's not the makefile. Deb packages, afaik, need a fixed changelog file and the details about the OS is for some reason in the changelog. The only place that makes sense to pull a changelog is from git. Besides using sed to change those values I honestly don't know what I'm supposed to do. The documentation on this stuff is not great.

[arnonm]

So I see a few options: 1. Change the changeling before building it for ubuntu. So if I changed debian/changelog first line to read: mergerfs (2.35.0~ubuntu-kenetic) kenetic; urgency=medium I got a mergerfs_2.35.0~ubuntu-kenetic_amd64.deb I guess you could sed the first line with lsb_release -c -s and lab_release -d -s 2. The other option, according to the docs, is to use debchange which does this for you, but it requires to install devscripts which is heavy. I will submit a PR

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On Apr 3, 2023 at 12:21:40 AM, trapexit ***@***.***> wrote: It's not the makefile. Deb packages, afaik, need a fixed changelog file and the details about the OS is for some reason in the changelog. The only place that makes sense to pull a changelog is from git. Besides using sed to change those values I honestly don't know what I'm supposed to do. The documentation on this stuff is not great. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#1162 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AA5BWKILRWYDFYEOPJATWS3W7HUWJANCNFSM6AAAAAAWOQTVSU> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[trapexit]

1 was what I was thinking. It's the simplest. But will need to work with the build process I have for creating the tarball. Need to put some token there to replace. I can do this. Don't worry about it.