Bug#876308: libxml2 FTBFS: rename: "Unknown option: vf"

[Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo]

Hi,

2017-10-15 13:24 GMT+02:00 Mattia Rizzolo :
> On Sun, Oct 15, 2017 at 12:41:53PM +0200, Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo wrote:
>> >> libxslt needed also to add "rename" as B-D, which I added in a recent
>> >> NMU.
>> >
>> > About that, next time please consider using the delayed queue, and for
>> > packages where I'm somehow involved consider also picking the unreleased
>> > changes from the git repositories :)
>>
>> Sorry about that Mattia.  Since there almost no uploads in the last
>> year (other than fixes for old suites), and the FTBFS bug open for 2
>> or 3 weeks without replies, I thought that the package was a bit
>> behind in maintenance
>
> Yes, it is definitly under-maintained…  (as libxml2 is, btw) :(
> That's why, don't get me wrong, I'm very happy you NMUed it!  I just
> hoped you could give a notice before it landed, so I could suggest you
> picked the unreleased VCS changes :)

Yes, you're right.

I set delayed on all my NMU uploads lately, fixing different
rebootstrap/cross-compilation bugs, plus some additions.  I didn't do
it for the reasons explained, and also to have time to fix things if
there was something wrong that needed urgent fixes (I don't always
know what I'll be doing in 10~15 days; and in this case, 2~5 was bad
because I would be travelling).

But perhaps I should just have waited, to allow for some feedback...
it's a good thing to take into account in future uploads :-)


Cheers.
-- 
Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo 

Bug#876308: libxml2 FTBFS: rename: "Unknown option: vf"

[Mattia Rizzolo]

On Sun, Oct 15, 2017 at 12:41:53PM +0200, Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo wrote:
> >> libxslt needed also to add "rename" as B-D, which I added in a recent
> >> NMU.
> >
> > About that, next time please consider using the delayed queue, and for
> > packages where I'm somehow involved consider also picking the unreleased
> > changes from the git repositories :)
> 
> Sorry about that Mattia.  Since there almost no uploads in the last
> year (other than fixes for old suites), and the FTBFS bug open for 2
> or 3 weeks without replies, I thought that the package was a bit
> behind in maintenance

Yes, it is definitly under-maintained…  (as libxml2 is, btw) :(
That's why, don't get me wrong, I'm very happy you NMUed it!  I just
hoped you could give a notice before it landed, so I could suggest you
picked the unreleased VCS changes :)

-- 
regards,
Mattia Rizzolo

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Bug#876308: libxml2 FTBFS: rename: "Unknown option: vf"

[Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo]

2017-10-15 2:31 GMT+02:00 Mattia Rizzolo :
> On Sun, Oct 15, 2017 at 02:01:53AM +0200, Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo wrote:
>> Maybe it needs a build-depends on "rename", which was split from the
>> Perl package.
>
> No.
>
> The bug here is that the new `rename` doesn't support '-vf' as options,
> but it needs to be separated as '-v -f'.
> This package actually uses `prename`, not `rename`, which was only took
> over last month, which is why this FTBFS has been caught so late.
>
>> libxslt needed also to add "rename" as B-D, which I added in a recent
>> NMU.
>
> About that, next time please consider using the delayed queue, and for
> packages where I'm somehow involved consider also picking the unreleased
> changes from the git repositories :)

Sorry about that Mattia.  Since there almost no uploads in the last
year (other than fixes for old suites), and the FTBFS bug open for 2
or 3 weeks without replies, I thought that the package was a bit
behind in maintenance, so just followed the general NMU
recommendation.


>> I can also prepare an NMU for this package if it helps.
>
> On it, thanks for the buzz.

Great, thanks!


Cheers.
-- 
Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo 

Bug#876308: libxml2 FTBFS: rename: "Unknown option: vf"

[Mattia Rizzolo]

On Sun, Oct 15, 2017 at 02:01:53AM +0200, Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo wrote:
> Maybe it needs a build-depends on "rename", which was split from the
> Perl package.

No.

The bug here is that the new `rename` doesn't support '-vf' as options,
but it needs to be separated as '-v -f'.
This package actually uses `prename`, not `rename`, which was only took
over last month, which is why this FTBFS has been caught so late.

> libxslt needed also to add "rename" as B-D, which I added in a recent
> NMU.

About that, next time please consider using the delayed queue, and for
packages where I'm somehow involved consider also picking the unreleased
changes from the git repositories :)

> I can also prepare an NMU for this package if it helps.

On it, thanks for the buzz.

-- 
regards,
Mattia Rizzolo

GPG Key: 66AE 2B4A FCCF 3F52 DA18  4D18 4B04 3FCD B944 4540  .''`.
more about me:  https://mapreri.org : :'  :
Launchpad user: https://launchpad.net/~mapreri  `. `'`
Debian QA page: https://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=mattia  `-


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Bug#876308: libxml2 FTBFS: rename: "Unknown option: vf"

[Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo]

Hi,

2017-09-20 21:42 Helmut Grohne:

Source: libxml2
Version: 2.9.4+dfsg1-4
Severity: serious
User: helm...@debian.org
Usertags: rebootstrap

libxml2 fails to build from source in sid/amd64:

| make[2]: Leaving directory 
'/<>/libxml2-2.9.4+dfsg1/builddir/main/python2.7-dbg'
| prename -vf 's/(?>/libxml2-2.9.4+dfsg1'
| debian/rules:147: recipe for target 'binary-arch' failed
| make: *** [binary-arch] Error 2
| dpkg-buildpackage: error: fakeroot debian/rules binary-arch gave error exit 
status 2


Maybe it needs a build-depends on "rename", which was split from the
Perl package.

libxslt needed also to add "rename" as B-D, which I added in a recent
NMU.

I can also prepare an NMU for this package if it helps.


Cheers.
--
Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo 

Bug#876308: libxml2 FTBFS: rename: "Unknown option: vf"

[Helmut Grohne]

Source: libxml2
Version: 2.9.4+dfsg1-4
Severity: serious
User: helm...@debian.org
Usertags: rebootstrap

libxml2 fails to build from source in sid/amd64:

| make[2]: Leaving directory 
'/<>/libxml2-2.9.4+dfsg1/builddir/main/python2.7-dbg'
| prename -vf 's/(?>/libxml2-2.9.4+dfsg1'
| debian/rules:147: recipe for target 'binary-arch' failed
| make: *** [binary-arch] Error 2
| dpkg-buildpackage: error: fakeroot debian/rules binary-arch gave error exit 
status 2

Helmut