Hi Tim, Axel Beckert wrote: > > I note the last couple of evolvotrons ie 0.6.1 on wheezy and 0.6.2 > > currently on unstable are missing the intended content from the > > built-in user manual (accessed from Help->User Manual), although > > the 0.6.1 on Squeeze includes the expected text just fine. > > That's strange. Because the version in Squeeze and Wheezy are nearly > identical (just one RC bug fix plus recompilation). I could reproduce > this issue with the source version of Squeeze built for Sid i386 on > 2012-04-07 15:46:33, i.e. with the i386 binary package available at > http://snapshot.debian.org/package/evolvotron/0.6.1-1/#evolvotron_0.6.1-1:2b:b1 > > On the other hand the evolvotron package from Squeeze i386 and amd64 > indeed does work as expected -- even on Sid (tested the i386 Squeeze > package on Sid and the amd64 Squeeze on Squeeze via remote X tunneled > through SSH). So I'm confused: a rebuild from the same source package > can cause this issue? Could this be caused by e.g. a different python > version (2.6 vs 2.7)?
It's rather python vs no python. I suspect that for Squeeze, python was indirectly in the build-dependencies while it wasn't for Wheezy. At least for the 0.6.1-1+b1 rebuilds it's clearly the missing python: https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=evolvotron&arch=amd64&ver=0.6.1-1%2Bb1&stamp=1333777991 > > This is likely the result of evolvotron's convoluted build process' > > python script which processes the necessary content from the USAGE > > file (with a failover to the "documentation not available" message > > currently displayed, If there wouldn't have been such a fallback, that glitch would have been noticed and fixed. But due to the fallback, the error went through unnoticed. So the cause for this issue is a missing build dependency on python in the Debian package, which for some reason wasn't relevant in the builds released with Squeeze. Depending on the point of view this is a policy violation which again would be a release-critical bug. But then again, it doesn't fail to build from source due to the fallback. I'll check with the Release Team how they see that issue. Kind regards, Axel -- ,''`. | Axel Beckert <[email protected]>, http://people.debian.org/~abe/ : :' : | Debian Developer, ftp.ch.debian.org Admin `. `' | 1024D: F067 EA27 26B9 C3FC 1486 202E C09E 1D89 9593 0EDE `- | 4096R: 2517 B724 C5F6 CA99 5329 6E61 2FF9 CD59 6126 16B5 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
