[dput-ng-maint] Bug#861467: dput-ng: FTBFS (failing tests)

[Santiago Vila]

Package: src:dput-ng
Version: 1.11
Severity: serious

Dear maintainer:

I tried to build this package in stretch with "dpkg-buildpackage -A"
but it failed:

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[...]
 debian/rules build-indep
dh build-indep --with bash-completion,python2,sphinxdoc
   dh_testdir -i
   dh_update_autotools_config -i
   dh_autoreconf -i
   dh_auto_configure -i
   debian/rules override_dh_auto_build
make[1]: Entering directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>'
dh_auto_build
	python setup.py build --force
running build
running build_py
creating build
creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7

[... snipped ...]

dput.py                                7      0   100%
dput/changes.py                      129     55    57%   78, 84, 87, 91, 96, 139, 158, 164, 176-178, 184-188, 194, 217, 225, 232-236, 245-281, 302-309, 315, 327
dput/command.py                      137    110    20%   47-49, 53, 57, 61, 65, 69, 73, 77-91, 96-125, 129-167, 171-176, 180-256
dput/commands.py                       0      0   100%
dput/commands/contrib.py               0      0   100%
dput/config.py                        18      5    72%   49, 57, 66, 73, 80
dput/configs.py                        0      0   100%
dput/configs/dputcf.py                71     21    70%   28, 50, 58-68, 82-83, 108-112, 117-118, 123-124, 127-128, 141
dput/configs/dputng.py                50      4    92%   40, 105-106, 117
dput/core.py                          57     21    63%   88, 95-103, 118-123, 126-131
dput/exceptions.py                    21      0   100%
dput/hook.py                          32      6    81%   41, 56-58, 62-64
dput/hooks.py                          0      0   100%
dput/hooks/checksum.py                 9      2    78%   54-55
dput/hooks/deb.py                     36     10    72%   67-68, 74, 78-84, 91, 94, 98
dput/hooks/distribution.py            65     49    25%   66-106, 122-149, 169-181
dput/hooks/distro_info_checks.py      37     11    70%   27-30, 62, 72, 74-79, 85, 90
dput/interface.py                     35     16    54%   65, 74-77, 85-87, 94-96, 102-104, 113, 120
dput/interfaces.py                     0      0   100%
dput/interfaces/cli.py                65     49    25%   47-50, 62-78, 85-104, 110-113, 119-121, 127-136
dput/logger.py                         7      0   100%
dput/overrides.py                      9      5    44%   35-41, 50-51
dput/profile.py                      148     32    78%   128, 152-156, 187-188, 199-212, 221-227, 232-236, 283
dput/uploader.py                     152     77    49%   51-62, 65, 68, 71-88, 97, 107, 121, 128, 135, 153-177, 197, 207, 227, 239, 278, 287, 291, 294, 297, 300, 314-358
dput/uploaders.py                      0      0   100%
dput/util.py                         185     47    75%   67-70, 75-77, 95-97, 124-130, 134, 141, 161-163, 172-173, 185-186, 192-193, 199, 254-255, 260-263, 297-310, 317-322, 333, 343
----------------------------------------------------------------
TOTAL                               1270    520    59%
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Ran 6 tests in 5.281s

FAILED (errors=2)
{'foo': [['bar']]}
{'foo': [None]}
{'+foo': [['bar']]}
{'foo': [None, ['1']]}
{'foo': {'bar': {'baz': [['paultag.is.a.god']]}}}
{'foo': {'bar': [['1'], ['2'], ['3']]}, 'foo2': [['4']]}
{'foo': {'bar': [['True=True'], ['foo=False', 'obj2']]}, 'foo2': [['bar']]}
debian/rules:19: recipe for target 'override_dh_auto_test' failed
make[1]: *** [override_dh_auto_test] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>'
debian/rules:8: recipe for target 'build-indep' failed
make: *** [build-indep] Error 2
dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules build-indep gave error exit status 2
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The failure happens every time in all my autobuilders, and it also happens here:

https://tests.reproducible-builds.org/debian/rb-pkg/unstable/amd64/dput-ng.html

Thanks.