Bug#865671: scotch hides build failures

[Aaron M. Ucko]

Source: scotch
Version: 6.0.4.dfsg1-2
Followup-For: Bug #865671

Specifically, debian/rules contains several shell loops that run
without either set -e or explicit error handling.  As such, Hurd
builds running afoul of #881200 attempt to build all four variants of
the library, encounter compilation and upstream installation errors
for each of them, and don't actually fail until debian/rules tries to
rename gmap.1 to scotch_gmap.1 (presumably to avoid a file conflict).

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Bug#865671: scotch hides build failures

[Drew Parsons]

tags 865671 moreinfo
thanks

On Fri, 23 Jun 2017 18:07:46 +0200 Helmut Grohne 
wrote:
> Source: scotch
> Version: 5.1.12b.dfsg-2
> 
> When some part of scotch's build fails (e.g. mpicc), the build
continues
> and may produce a broken package. This violates Debian Policy section
> 4.6. The cause is the use of an embedded makefile script without the
> recommended "set -e".
> 

This bug report is unconstructive.

Which makefile?

Which build failure?

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Bug#865671: scotch hides build failures

[Helmut Grohne]

Source: scotch
Version: 5.1.12b.dfsg-2
Severity: serious
Justification: policy 4.6
Tags: jessie stretch buster sid
User: helm...@debian.org
Usertags: rebootstrap

When some part of scotch's build fails (e.g. mpicc), the build continues
and may produce a broken package. This violates Debian Policy section
4.6. The cause is the use of an embedded makefile script without the
recommended "set -e".

Helmut

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