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has caused the Debian Bug report #1112914,
regarding firmware-microbit-micropython: FTBFS with CMake 4
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: firmware-microbit-micropython
Version: 1.0.1-4
Severity: serious
User: [email protected]
Usertags: cmake-4
Tags: ftbfs, forky, sid
Dear maintainer,
During a test rebuild for CMake 4, firmware-microbit-micropython failed to
rebuild.
Log Summary:
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| Build Fri, 29 Aug 2025 18:50:29 +0000 |
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Unpack source
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Format: 3.0 (quilt)
Source: firmware-microbit-micropython
Binary: firmware-microbit-micropython, firmware-microbit-micropython-doc
Architecture: all
Version: 1.0.1-4
Maintainer: Debian Python Team <[email protected]>
Uploaders: Nick Morrott <[email protected]>
Homepage: https://github.com/bbcmicrobit/micropython
Standards-Version: 4.6.2
Vcs-Browser:
https://salsa.debian.org/python-team/packages/firmware-microbit-micropython
Vcs-Git:
https://salsa.debian.org/python-team/packages/firmware-microbit-micropython.git
Build-Depends: cmake, debhelper-compat (= 13), dh-python, gcc-arm-none-eabi,
libnewlib-arm-none-eabi, libssl-dev, libstdc++-arm-none-eabi-newlib,
ninja-build, python3-setuptools, python3-sphinx, python3-sphinx-rtd-theme,
srecord, yotta
Package-List:
firmware-microbit-micropython deb python optional arch=all
firmware-microbit-micropython-doc deb doc optional arch=all
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dpkg-source: warning: cannot verify inline signature for
./firmware-microbit-micropython_1.0.1-4.dsc: no acceptable signature found
dpkg-source: info: extracting firmware-microbit-micropython in
/build/reproducible-path/firmware-microbit-micropython-1.0.1
dpkg-source: info: unpacking firmware-microbit-micropython_1.0.1.orig.tar.xz
dpkg-source: info: unpacking
firmware-microbit-micropython_1.0.1.orig-yotta-modules.tar.xz
dpkg-source: info: unpacking
firmware-microbit-micropython_1.0.1.orig-yotta-targets.tar.xz
dpkg-source: info: unpacking firmware-microbit-micropython_1.0.1-4.debian.tar.xz
dpkg-source: info: using patch list from debian/patches/series
dpkg-source: info: applying use-python3-in-makefile
dpkg-source: info: applying use-yotta-command-in-makefile
dpkg-source: info: applying disable-intersphinx-when-generating-sphinx-docs
dpkg-source: info: applying disable-mathjax-when-generating-sphinx-docs
dpkg-source: info: applying set-yotta-build-target
dpkg-source: info: applying 1.0.1-documentation-fixes
Check disk space
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Sufficient free space for build
User Environment
----------------
APT_CONFIG=/var/lib/sbuild/apt.conf
HOME=/sbuild-nonexistent
LANG=C.UTF-8
LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
LOGNAME=sbuild
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
SHELL=/bin/sh
USER=sbuild
dpkg-buildpackage
-----------------
Command: dpkg-buildpackage --sanitize-env -us -uc -b
dpkg-buildpackage: info: source package firmware-microbit-micropython
dpkg-buildpackage: info: source version 1.0.1-4
dpkg-buildpackage: info: source distribution unstable
dpkg-buildpackage: info: source changed by Nick Morrott <[email protected]>
dpkg-source --before-build .
dpkg-buildpackage: info: host architecture arm64
debian/rules clean
dh clean --with sphinxdoc
debian/rules override_dh_auto_clean
make[1]: Entering directory
'/build/reproducible-path/firmware-microbit-micropython-1.0.1'
dh_auto_clean
rm -rf build
rm -rf tools/__pycache__
rm -f inc/genhdr/microbitversion.h
make[1]: Leaving directory
'/build/reproducible-path/firmware-microbit-micropython-1.0.1'
dh_clean
rm -f debian/debhelper-build-stamp
rm -rf debian/.debhelper/
rm -f -- debian/firmware-microbit-micropython.substvars
debian/firmware-microbit-micropython-doc.substvars debian/files
rm -fr -- debian/firmware-microbit-micropython/ debian/tmp/
debian/firmware-microbit-micropython-doc/
find . \( \( \
\( -path .\*/.git -o -path .\*/.svn -o -path .\*/.bzr -o -path
.\*/.hg -o -path .\*/CVS -o -path .\*/.pc -o -path .\*/_darcs \) -prune -o
-type f -a \
\( -name '#*#' -o -name '.*~' -o -name '*~' -o -name DEADJOE \
-o -name '*.orig' -o -name '*.rej' -o -name '*.bak' \
-o -name '.*.orig' -o -name .*.rej -o -name '.SUMS' \
-o -name TAGS -o \( -path '*/.deps/*' -a -name '*.P' \) \
\) -exec rm -f {} + \) -o \
\( -type d -a \( -name autom4te.cache -o -name __pycache__ \)
-prune -exec rm -rf {} + \) \)
debian/rules binary
dh binary --with sphinxdoc
dh_update_autotools_config
dh_autoreconf
dh_auto_configure
debian/rules override_dh_auto_build
make[1]: Entering directory
'/build/reproducible-path/firmware-microbit-micropython-1.0.1'
# rename directories created from components tarballs (we note that
# the underscore is not valid in the "component name" section of the
# original source tarball filename, so must handle it here)
mv yotta-targets yotta_targets
mv yotta-modules yotta_modules
# build the firmware
make all
make[2]: Entering directory
'/build/reproducible-path/firmware-microbit-micropython-1.0.1'
python3 tools/makeversionhdr.py inc/genhdr/microbitversion.h
Generate inc/genhdr/microbitversion.h
info: generate for target: bbc-microbit-classic-gcc-nosd 0.2.3 at
/build/reproducible-path/firmware-microbit-micropython-1.0.1/yotta_targets/bbc-microbit-classic-gcc-nosd
CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:3 (cmake_minimum_required):
Compatibility with CMake < 3.5 has been removed from CMake.
Update the VERSION argument <min> value. Or, use the <min>...<max> syntax
to tell CMake that the project requires at least <min> but has been updated
to work with policies introduced by <max> or earlier.
Or, add -DCMAKE_POLICY_VERSION_MINIMUM=3.5 to try configuring anyway.
-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
error: command ['cmake', '-D', 'CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo', '-G',
'Ninja', '.'] failed
make[2]: *** [Makefile:19: yotta] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory
'/build/reproducible-path/firmware-microbit-micropython-1.0.1'
make[1]: *** [debian/rules:26: override_dh_auto_build] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory
'/build/reproducible-path/firmware-microbit-micropython-1.0.1'
make: *** [debian/rules:11: binary] Error 2
dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules binary subprocess returned exit status 2
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Build finished at 2025-08-29T18:50:35Z
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The above is just how the build ends and not necessarily the most relevant part.
If required, the full build log is available here (for the next 30 days):
https://debusine.debian.net/artifact/2392397/
The most likely cause of build failures is the removed backwards compatibility
for
CMake versions earlier than 3.5. You can find additional information in my
debian-devel announcement:
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2025/04/msg00310.html
About the archive rebuild: The build was made on debusine.debian.net,
using sbuild.
You can find the build task here:
https://debusine.debian.net/work-request/152879/
If this is really a bug in one of the build-depends, please use
reassign and affects, so that this is still visible in the BTS web
page for this package.
Thanks,
Timo
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
Version: 1.0.1-4+rm
Dear submitter,
as the package firmware-microbit-micropython has just been removed from the
Debian archive
unstable we hereby close the associated bug reports. We are sorry
that we couldn't deal with your issue properly.
For details on the removal, please see https://bugs.debian.org/1131727
The version of this package that was in Debian prior to this removal
can still be found using https://snapshot.debian.org/.
Please note that the changes have been done on the master archive and
will not propagate to any mirrors until the next dinstall run at the
earliest.
This message was generated automatically; if you believe that there is
a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing
[email protected].
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Thorsten Alteholz (the ftpmaster behind the curtain)
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