I just tried to build Inkscape from CVS for the first time in a couple of weeks. I noticed the following Debian-specific problems:
- AFAICT, python-dev and libperl-dev are now build dependencies; they should be added to the Build-Depends line in debian/control.
- After building, dh_strip attempts to strip an ar archive, causing packaging to fail. From the build log:
$ dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot [...] dh_installmime dh_link dh_strip strip: debian/inkscape/usr/lib/inkscape/plugins/stcstnTn/DynaLoader.a: Invalid operation dh_strip: command returned error code 256 make[2]: *** [binary-arch] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/alt/foo/pkg/cvs/inkscape/WORKING/inkscape' make[1]: *** [buildpackage] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/alt/foo/pkg/cvs/inkscape/WORKING/inkscape'