[Bug 1951104] [NEW] sometimes builds fail saying that changelog is not a directory

[Dimitri John Ledkov]

Public bug reported:

Can't cd to (debian/ubuntu-core-initramfs/usr/share/doc/ubuntu-core-initramfs/) changelog: Not a directory
 at /usr/bin/dh_strip_nondeterminism line 86.
   dh_compress -a -O--buildsystem=meson\+ninja -O--sourcedirectory=vendor/systemd
	cd debian/ubuntu-core-initramfs
	chmod a-x usr/share/doc/ubuntu-core-initramfs/changelog
	gzip -9nf usr/share/doc/ubuntu-core-initramfs/changelog
gzip: usr/share/doc/ubuntu-core-initramfs/changelog is a directory -- ignored
dh_compress: error: gzip -9nf usr/share/doc/ubuntu-core-initramfs/changelog returned exit code 2
dh_compress: error: Aborting due to earlier error

Periodically, on various architectures, I am experiencing the above
FTBFS.

it feels like somehow changelog is not a real file, but a directory,
which one cannot cd into. sounds really weird.

I kind of what to blame strip-nodeterminism, or umask or something of
the sort.

** Affects: debhelper (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: strip-nondeterminism (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: focal ftbfs

** Also affects: debhelper (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Tags added: focal ftbfs

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Title:
  sometimes builds fail saying that changelog is not a directory

Status in debhelper package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in strip-nondeterminism package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Can't cd to (debian/ubuntu-core-initramfs/usr/share/doc/ubuntu-core-initramfs/) changelog: Not a directory
   at /usr/bin/dh_strip_nondeterminism line 86.
     dh_compress -a -O--buildsystem=meson\+ninja -O--sourcedirectory=vendor/systemd
  	cd debian/ubuntu-core-initramfs
  	chmod a-x usr/share/doc/ubuntu-core-initramfs/changelog
  	gzip -9nf usr/share/doc/ubuntu-core-initramfs/changelog
  gzip: usr/share/doc/ubuntu-core-initramfs/changelog is a directory -- ignored
  dh_compress: error: gzip -9nf usr/share/doc/ubuntu-core-initramfs/changelog returned exit code 2
  dh_compress: error: Aborting due to earlier error

  Periodically, on various architectures, I am experiencing the above
  FTBFS.

  it feels like somehow changelog is not a real file, but a directory,
  which one cannot cd into. sounds really weird.

  I kind of what to blame strip-nodeterminism, or umask or something of
  the sort.

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