[Bug 2069722] Re: dpkg: ELF package metadata prevents some packages from building

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** Merge proposal linked:
   https://code.launchpad.net/~bdrung/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+git/dpkg/+merge/467817

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Title:
  dpkg: ELF package metadata prevents some packages from building

Status in dpkg package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Some packages do not build anymore, citing a missing environment
  variable. This can be reproduced by not using dpkg-buildpackage. For
  example build chaos-marmosets:

  ```
  $ debian/rules binary
  [...]
  cc: fatal error: environment variable ‘DPKG_BUILDPACKAGE_PACKAGE_ARCH’ not defined
  ```

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