Your message dated Fri, 21 Nov 2025 12:08:44 +0100
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and subject line Re: Bug#928139: pgpool2: FTBFS twice in a row: ln: failed to 
create symbolic link './watchdog_setup': File exists
has caused the Debian Bug report #928139,
regarding pgpool2: FTBFS twice in a row: ln: failed to create symbolic link 
'./watchdog_setup': File exists
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Source: pgpool2
Version: 4.0.4-1
Severity: serious
Tags: ftbfs
Justification: fails to build from source (but built successfully in the past)

Hi,

pgpool2 fails to build twice in a row, because the watchdog_setup
symlink is not cleaned up properly:

dh_auto_test
        make -j1 check VERBOSE=1
make[2]: Entering directory '/build/pgpool2-4.0.4'
Making check in src
make[3]: Entering directory '/build/pgpool2-4.0.4/src'
Making check in parser
make[4]: Entering directory '/build/pgpool2-4.0.4/src/parser'
make[4]: Nothing to be done for 'check'.
make[4]: Leaving directory '/build/pgpool2-4.0.4/src/parser'
Making check in libs
make[4]: Entering directory '/build/pgpool2-4.0.4/src/libs'
Making check in pcp
make[5]: Entering directory '/build/pgpool2-4.0.4/src/libs/pcp'
make[5]: Nothing to be done for 'check'.
make[5]: Leaving directory '/build/pgpool2-4.0.4/src/libs/pcp'
make[5]: Entering directory '/build/pgpool2-4.0.4/src/libs'
make[5]: Nothing to be done for 'check-am'.
make[5]: Leaving directory '/build/pgpool2-4.0.4/src/libs'
make[4]: Leaving directory '/build/pgpool2-4.0.4/src/libs'
Making check in watchdog
make[4]: Entering directory '/build/pgpool2-4.0.4/src/watchdog'
make[4]: Nothing to be done for 'check'.
make[4]: Leaving directory '/build/pgpool2-4.0.4/src/watchdog'
Making check in .
make[4]: Entering directory '/build/pgpool2-4.0.4/src'
make[4]: Nothing to be done for 'check-am'.
make[4]: Leaving directory '/build/pgpool2-4.0.4/src'
Making check in tools
make[4]: Entering directory '/build/pgpool2-4.0.4/src/tools'
Making check in pcp
make[5]: Entering directory '/build/pgpool2-4.0.4/src/tools/pcp'
make[5]: Nothing to be done for 'check'.
make[5]: Leaving directory '/build/pgpool2-4.0.4/src/tools/pcp'
Making check in pgmd5
make[5]: Entering directory '/build/pgpool2-4.0.4/src/tools/pgmd5'
make[5]: Nothing to be done for 'check'.
make[5]: Leaving directory '/build/pgpool2-4.0.4/src/tools/pgmd5'
Making check in pgenc
make[5]: Entering directory '/build/pgpool2-4.0.4/src/tools/pgenc'
make[5]: Nothing to be done for 'check'.
make[5]: Leaving directory '/build/pgpool2-4.0.4/src/tools/pgenc'
Making check in pgproto
make[5]: Entering directory '/build/pgpool2-4.0.4/src/tools/pgproto'
make[5]: Nothing to be done for 'check'.
make[5]: Leaving directory '/build/pgpool2-4.0.4/src/tools/pgproto'
make[5]: Entering directory '/build/pgpool2-4.0.4/src/tools'
ln -s ../test/watchdog_setup .
ln: failed to create symbolic link './watchdog_setup': File exists
make[5]: *** [Makefile:720: watchdog_setup] Error 1
make[5]: Leaving directory '/build/pgpool2-4.0.4/src/tools'
make[4]: *** [Makefile:442: check-recursive] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory '/build/pgpool2-4.0.4/src/tools'
make[3]: *** [Makefile:853: check-recursive] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory '/build/pgpool2-4.0.4/src'
make[2]: *** [Makefile:410: check-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory '/build/pgpool2-4.0.4'
dh_auto_test: make -j1 check VERBOSE=1 returned exit code 2
make[1]: *** [debian/rules:34: override_dh_auto_test] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/build/pgpool2-4.0.4'
make: *** [debian/rules:67: build] Error 2


Andreas

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--- Begin Message ---
Version: 4.6.3-3

Re: Andreas Beckmann
> pgpool2 fails to build twice in a row, because the watchdog_setup
> symlink is not cleaned up properly:

Hi,

this seems to work now.

Christoph

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