sbt-native-packager fails with dpkg-deb error

luukjansen commented 7 months ago

Expected behaviour

Debian / packageBin to generate the Debian pkg file

Actual behaviour

An error: [info] Building debian package with native implementation [error] dpkg-deb: error: --build takes at most two arguments [error] Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files; [error] Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages. [error] stack trace is suppressed; run last Debian / packageBin for the full output [error] (Debian / packageBin) Failure packaging debian file. Exit code: 2 [error] Total time: 1 s, completed 19 Feb 2024, 16:40:37

Information

What sbt-native-packager are you using: 1.9.16
What sbt version: 1.9.8
What is your build system: MacOS
What package are you building: deb (Debian)
What version has your build tool: Debian 'dpkg-deb' package archive backend version 1.18.3 (darwin-amd64).
What is your target system: Ubuntu 18.04

dwickern commented 7 months ago

You're using dpkg version 1.18.3 which is from 2015. Could you try with a more recent version?

luukjansen commented 7 months ago

I checked and there was an old version on the system, which might be used. I don't know if there is a way to check which version sbt is using. Is there an option to get more verbose information?

The only version I have now is: Debian 'dpkg-deb' package archive backend version 1.22.4 (darwin-arm64).

I still get the same result.

luukjansen commented 7 months ago

I found the problem. When putting in the required information like maintainer I changed the name and put a space in (assuming it was the name as displayed). That caused a space in the build path, and hence two arguments.

muuki88 commented 7 months ago

Thanks @luukjansen for sharing.

Awesome to see you are still around @dwickern :heart: :heart:

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