This bug was due to synopsis using exception classes with no base classes. I have made an NMU with a patch to make them inherit from Exception as is now required, and fixed some other bugs I found along the way. Patch follows.
Ben.
diff -u synopsis-0.8.0/debian/rules synopsis-0.8.0/debian/rules
--- synopsis-0.8.0/debian/rules
+++ synopsis-0.8.0/debian/rules
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
chmod 644 $(PKG_TMP)/usr/include/Synopsis/PTree/Writer.hh
# Install documentation
- mkdir -p $(PKG_TMP)/usr/share/doc/synopsis-doc
+ mv $(PKG_TMP)/usr/share/doc/Synopsis
$(PKG_TMP)/usr/share/doc/synopsis-doc
cp -a share/doc/Synopsis/examples $(PKG_TMP)/usr/share/doc/synopsis-doc
cp -a share/doc/Synopsis/html $(PKG_TMP)/usr/share/doc/synopsis-doc
diff -u synopsis-0.8.0/debian/changelog synopsis-0.8.0/debian/changelog
--- synopsis-0.8.0/debian/changelog
+++ synopsis-0.8.0/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+synopsis (0.8.0-5.3) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Non-maintainer upload.
+ * debian/patches/31_use_exception_base.dpatch: Use Exception as base
+ class for exception classes. (Closes: #484266)
+ * debian/patches/71_gcc4.3.dpatch: Patch test suite too.
+ * Updated documentation section to Programming
+ * Fixed creation of extra documentation directories
+
+ -- Ben Hutchings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:22:40 +0000
+
synopsis (0.8.0-5.2) unstable; urgency=high
* Non-maintainer upload.
diff -u synopsis-0.8.0/debian/synopsis-doc.doc-base.DevGuide
synopsis-0.8.0/debian/synopsis-doc.doc-base.DevGuide
--- synopsis-0.8.0/debian/synopsis-doc.doc-base.DevGuide
+++ synopsis-0.8.0/debian/synopsis-doc.doc-base.DevGuide
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
adventurers to find their way around the project. APIs that are currently
documented here may mature and become stable, at which point their
documentation will be migrated to the tutorial.
-Section: Apps/Programming
+Section: Programming
Format: HTML
Index: /usr/share/doc/synopsis-doc/html/DevGuide/index.html
diff -u synopsis-0.8.0/debian/synopsis-doc.doc-base.Tutorial
synopsis-0.8.0/debian/synopsis-doc.doc-base.Tutorial
--- synopsis-0.8.0/debian/synopsis-doc.doc-base.Tutorial
+++ synopsis-0.8.0/debian/synopsis-doc.doc-base.Tutorial
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
representations are presently being worked on, notably in relation to the
C++ parser. To learn more about those (Parse Tree, Symbol Table, etc.) see
the Developer's Guide.
-Section: Apps/Programming
+Section: Programming
Format: HTML
Index: /usr/share/doc/synopsis-doc/html/Tutorial/index.html
diff -u synopsis-0.8.0/debian/patches/71_gcc4.3.dpatch
synopsis-0.8.0/debian/patches/71_gcc4.3.dpatch
--- synopsis-0.8.0/debian/patches/71_gcc4.3.dpatch
+++ synopsis-0.8.0/debian/patches/71_gcc4.3.dpatch
@@ -105,0 +106,10 @@
+--- synopsis-0.8.0~/tests/Cxx/src/Encoding.cc 2008-06-29 14:21:40.000000000
+0000
++++ synopsis-0.8.0/tests/Cxx/src/Encoding.cc 2008-06-29 14:20:37.000000000
+0000
+@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
+ #include <iostream>
+ #include <iomanip>
+ #include <fstream>
++#include <stdlib.h>
+
+ using namespace Synopsis;
+
diff -u synopsis-0.8.0/debian/patches/00list
synopsis-0.8.0/debian/patches/00list
--- synopsis-0.8.0/debian/patches/00list
+++ synopsis-0.8.0/debian/patches/00list
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
25_soname
30_import_processor_py
+31_use_exception_base
40_Scope_hh
50_Object_hh
60_ASCII_py
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- synopsis-0.8.0.orig/debian/patches/31_use_exception_base.dpatch
+++ synopsis-0.8.0/debian/patches/31_use_exception_base.dpatch
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#! /bin/sh /usr/share/dpatch/dpatch-run
+## 31_use_exception_base.dpatch by Ben Hutchings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
+##
+## All lines beginning with `## DP:' are a description of the patch.
+## DP: Exception classes must be subclasses of Exception.
+
[EMAIL PROTECTED]@
+--- synopsis-0.8.0.orig/Synopsis/Formatters/Dot.py 2005-05-13
04:16:16.000000000 +0000
++++ synopsis-0.8.0/Synopsis/Formatters/Dot.py 2008-06-29 15:58:51.000000000
+0000
+@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
+
+ verbose = False
+
+-class SystemError:
++class SystemError(Exception):
+ """Error thrown by the system() function. Attributes are 'retval', encoded
+ as per os.wait(): low-byte is killing signal number, high-byte is return
+ value of command."""
+--- synopsis-0.8.0.orig/Synopsis/Processor.py 2008-06-29 15:41:11.000000000
+0000
++++ synopsis-0.8.0/Synopsis/Processor.py 2008-06-29 15:42:31.000000000
+0000
+@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
+ raise KeyError, "No parameter '%s' in '%s'"%(i,
self.__class__.__name__)
+
+
+-class Error:
++class Error(Exception):
+ """An exception a processor may raise during processing."""
+
+ def __init__(self, what):
+--- synopsis-0.8..orig0/Synopsis/Type.py 2005-05-13 04:16:17.000000000
+0000
++++ synopsis-0.8.0/Synopsis/Type.py 2008-06-29 15:59:27.000000000 +0000
+@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
+ "Compares classes of two objects"
+ return cmp(type(a),type(b)) or cmp(a.__class__,b.__class__)
+
+-class Error:
++class Error(Exception):
+ """Exception class used by Type internals."""
+
+ def __init__(self, err):
--- END ---
--
Ben Hutchings
Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain. - Lily Tomlin
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