Skip building ddebs for udebs temporarily

Signed-off-by: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>

3 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 5c1c0226..557e8e6a 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ debhelper (9.20150811+unreleased) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * d/control: Remove the homepage field.
   * dh: Make dh_strip_nondeterminism optional, so debhelper
     does not need to build-depend on it.
+  * dh_gencontrol/dh_builddeb: Temporarily stop building ddebs
+    for udebs as dpkg-gencontrol and dpkg-deb does not agree
+    the default file extension for these.
 
   [ Paul Tagliamonte ]
   * dh_gencontrol: Put debug debs back in the "debug" section.
diff --git a/dh_builddeb b/dh_builddeb
index e36f0a3b..939ea241 100755
--- a/dh_builddeb
+++ b/dh_builddeb
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ foreach my $package (@{$dh{DOPACKAGES}}) {
 											   @{$dh{U_PARAMS}});
 			doit("dpkg-deb", @args,
 				 "--build", $ddeb_tmpdir, $dh{DESTDIR});
-		} else {
+		} elsif (not is_udeb($package)) {
 			warning("Not building ddeb for ${package} as it has no control file");
 			warning("Please use dh_gencontrol to avoid this issue");
 		}
diff --git a/dh_gencontrol b/dh_gencontrol
index a8e5826c..499dfae1 100755
--- a/dh_gencontrol
+++ b/dh_gencontrol
@@ -84,7 +84,10 @@ foreach my $package (@{$dh{DOPACKAGES}}) {
 		$build_ids = read_ddeb_build_ids($ddeb_info_dir);
 	}
 
-	if ( -d $ddeb_tmp) {
+	# Temporary workaround: Do not build ddebs for udebs as
+	# dpkg-gencontrol and dpkg-deb does not agree on the file
+	# extension.
+	if ( -d $ddeb_tmp and not is_udeb($package)) {
 		my $multiarch = package_multiarch($package);
 		my $replaces = read_ddeb_migration($ddeb_info_dir);