Can't generate base doc for official debian package

[Eric Heintzmann]

We (the Debian GNUstep Maintainers) cannot build the documention 
provided by gnustep-base 1.9.1.
This is why there is not yet -base 1.9.1 in the debian official tree.

The problem seems simple:
When building debian packages, we use the fakeroot tool which simulate 
a root environment.
autogsdoc think it is launched by root, it tries to write and read 
something in /root/GNUstep and then fails to create the doc. (fakeroot 
does not give write permission in /root ).

See the following error messages :

'/root/GNUstep/Defaults/.GNUstepDefaults'  read-only
2004-04-06 00:00:48.646 autogsdoc[4145] File NSData.m: 153. In 
readContentsOfFile Open (/root/GNUstep/Defaults/.GNUstepDefaults) 
attempt failed - Permission denied
2004-04-06 00:00:48.646 autogsdoc[4145] Unable to load defaults from 
'/root/GNUstep/Defaults/.GNUstepDefaults'
2004-04-06 00:00:48.647 autogsdoc[4145] File NSUserDefaults.m: 770. In 
[NSUserDefaults -initWithContentsOfFile:] Path 
'/root/GNUstep/Defaults' is not writable - making user defaults for 
'/root/GNUstep/Defaults/.GNUstepDefaults'  read-only
2004-04-06 00:00:48.647 autogsdoc[4145] File NSData.m: 153. In 
readContentsOfFile Open (/root/GNUstep/Defaults/.GNUstepDefaults) 
attempt failed - Permission denied
2004-04-06 00:00:48.647 autogsdoc[4145] Unable to load defaults from 
'/root/GNUstep/Defaults/.GNUstepDefaults'
2004-04-06 00:00:48.647 autogsdoc[4145] WARNING - unable to create 
shared user defaults!
2004-04-06 00:00:48.659 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSArchiver.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.659 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSArray.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.659 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSAttributedString.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.659 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSAutoreleasePool.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.659 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSBitmapCharSet.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.659 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSBundle.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.659 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSCalendarDate.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.660 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSCharacterSet.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.660 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSClassDescription.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.660 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSCoder.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.660 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSConnection.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.660 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSData.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.660 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSDate.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.660 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSDateFormatter.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.660 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSDebug.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.660 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSDecimal.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.660 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSDecimalNumber.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.660 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSDictionary.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.660 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSDistantObject.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.661 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSDistributedLock.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.661 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSDistributedNotificationCenter.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.661 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSEnumerator.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.661 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSException.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.661 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSFileHandle.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.661 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSFileManager.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.661 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSFormatter.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.661 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSGeometry.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.661 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSHashTable.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.661 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSHost.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.661 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSInvocation.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.662 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSKeyedArchiver.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.662 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSKeyValueCoding.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.662 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSLock.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.662 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSMapTable.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.662 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSMethodSignature.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.662 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSNotification.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.662 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSNotificationQueue.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.662 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSNull.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.662 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSNumberFormatter.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.662 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSObjCRuntime.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.662 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSObject.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.662 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSPathUtilities.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.663 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSPort.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.663 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSPortCoder.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.663 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSPortMessage.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.663 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSPortNameServer.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.663 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSPropertyList.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.663 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSProcessInfo.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.663 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSProtocolChecker.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.663 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSProxy.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.663 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSRange.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.663 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSRunLoop.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.663 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSScanner.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.663 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSSerialization.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.664 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSSet.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.664 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSString.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.664 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSTask.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.664 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSThread.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.664 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSTimeZone.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.664 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSTimer.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.664 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSURL.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.664 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSURLHandle.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.664 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSUndoManager.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.664 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSUserDefaults.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.664 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSValue.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.665 autogsdoc[4145] No readable header at 
'NSZone.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.787 autogsdoc[4145] Location of class 'NSTimeZone' 
(referenced from Base) not found or not unique.
2004-04-06 00:00:48.866 autogsdoc[4155] File NSUserDefaults.m: 770. In 
[NSUserDefaults -initWithContentsOfFile:] Path 
'/root/GNUstep/Defaults' is not writable - making user defaults for 
'/root/GNUstep/Defaults/.GNUstepDefaults'  read-only
2004-04-06 00:00:48.869 autogsdoc[4155] File NSData.m: 153. In 
readContentsOfFile Open (/root/GNUstep/Defaults/.GNUstepDefaults) 
attempt failed - Permission denied
2004-04-06 00:00:48.869 autogsdoc[4155] Unable to load defaults from 
'/root/GNUstep/Defaults/.GNUstepDefaults'
2004-04-06 00:00:48.869 autogsdoc[4155] File NSUserDefaults.m: 770. In 
[NSUserDefaults -initWithContentsOfFile:] Path 
'/root/GNUstep/Defaults' is not writable - making user defaults for 
'/root/GNUstep/Defaults/.GNUstepDefaults'  read-only
2004-04-06 00:00:48.869 autogsdoc[4155] File NSData.m: 153. In 
readContentsOfFile Open (/root/GNUstep/Defaults/.GNUstepDefaults) 
attempt failed - Permission denied
2004-04-06 00:00:48.870 autogsdoc[4155] Unable to load defaults from 
'/root/GNUstep/Defaults/.GNUstepDefaults'
2004-04-06 00:00:48.870 autogsdoc[4155] WARNING - unable to create 
shared user defaults!
2004-04-06 00:00:48.872 autogsdoc[4155] No readable header at 
'GSCategories.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.872 autogsdoc[4155] No readable header at 
'GSIArray.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.872 autogsdoc[4155] No readable header at 
'GSIMap.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.872 autogsdoc[4155] No readable header at 
'GSLock.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.872 autogsdoc[4155] No readable header at 
'GSMime.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.872 autogsdoc[4155] No readable header at 
'GSObjCRuntime.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.872 autogsdoc[4155] No readable header at 
'GSUnion.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.872 autogsdoc[4155] No readable header at 
'GSXML.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.872 autogsdoc[4155] No readable header at 
'behavior.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.873 autogsdoc[4155] No readable header at 
'Unicode.h' ... skipping
2004-04-06 00:00:48.873 autogsdoc[4155] No readable header at 
'GCObject.h' ... skipping


I've tried to set GNUSTEP_USER_ROOT by hand, but that doesn't work.

Any ideas to overrides the problem.

P.S.
The gnustep-base doc is a real pain to package since the first day.