Package: xml2rfc
Version: 3.16.0-1
Severity: important
Currently xml2rfc ocassionally fails its autopkgtest with an error like
this:
ERROR: setUpClass (__main__.PdfWriterTests)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/xml2rfc/writers/base.py", line 1857, in
xinclude
self.tree.xinclude()
File "src/lxml/etree.pyx", line 2384, in lxml.etree._ElementTree.xinclude
File "src/lxml/xinclude.pxi", line 64, in lxml.etree.XInclude.__call__
lxml.etree.XIncludeError: could not load
https://bib.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.2634.xml, and no fallback
was found, line 1387
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/tmp/autopkgtest-lxc.gdypcr8w/downtmp/build.sgY/src/xxx/test.py", line
489, in setUpClass
elements_pdfdoc = elements_writer.pdf() # has side effects on .root
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/xml2rfc/writers/pdf.py", line 68, in pdf
tree = prep.prep()
^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/xml2rfc/writers/preptool.py", line 213,
in prep
self.xinclude()
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/xml2rfc/writers/base.py", line 1859, in
xinclude
self.die(None, "XInclude processing failed: %s" % e)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/xml2rfc/writers/base.py", line 1842, in
die
raise RfcWriterError(msg)
xml2rfc.writers.base.RfcWriterError: Error: XInclude processing failed: could
not load https://bib.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.2634.xml, and no
fallback was found, line 1387
Not all of the Debian CI servers have internet access. I think we need
to add the needs-internet restriction to debian/tests/control.
Scott K
