Why is dh_usrlocal throwing a build error?

Question

I am trying to compile a deb package for my server. When I go to build, everything looks good until it gets to dh_usrlocal The build stops and make returns an error. The problem is I am trying this for the first time and I really don't know where to look for the problem.

This is the output from my terminal, I also included the command I ran at the bottom of the output.

make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/ian/Desktop/scst-2.1.0/src'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/ian/Desktop/scst-2.1.0'
   dh_install
   dh_installdocs
   dh_installchangelogs
   dh_installexamples
   dh_installman
   dh_installcatalogs
   dh_installcron
   dh_installdebconf
   dh_installemacsen
   dh_installifupdown
   dh_installinfo
   dh_pysupport
   dh_installinit
   dh_installmenu
   dh_installmime
   dh_installmodules
   dh_installlogcheck
   dh_installlogrotate
   dh_installpam
   dh_installppp
   dh_installudev
   dh_installwm
   dh_installxfonts
   dh_bugfiles
   dh_lintian
   dh_gconf
   dh_icons
   dh_perl
   dh_usrlocal
dh_usrlocal: debian/scst/usr/local/include/scst/scst.h is not a directory
dh_usrlocal: debian/scst/usr/local/include/scst/scst_user.h is not a directory
dh_usrlocal: debian/scst/usr/local/include/scst/Module.symvers is not a directory
dh_usrlocal: debian/scst/usr/local/include/scst/scst_debug.h is not a directory
dh_usrlocal: debian/scst/usr/local/include/scst/scst_const.h is not a directory
dh_usrlocal: debian/scst/usr/local/include/scst/scst_sgv.h is not a directory
rmdir: failed to remove `debian/scst/usr/local/include/scst': Directory not empty
dh_usrlocal: rmdir debian/scst/usr/local/include/scst returned exit code 1
make: *** [binary] Error 1
dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules binary gave error exit status 2
ian@vm01:~/Desktop/scst-2.1.0$ sudo dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot

Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

you should skip running dh_usrlocal. to do it you just add this to debian/rules: override_dh_usrlocal:

In general manner if you have a problem with a specific target, you just override it by adding override_{target} in your debian/rules.
example, you have a problem with dh_icons. you just add this in your debian/rules

override_dh_icons:
    {insert your processing commands or do nothing to skip it when building package}