[Pkg-ace-devel] Bug#806602: ace: FTBFS when built with dpkg-buildpackage -A (override_dh_install fails)

[Santiago Vila]

Package: src:ace
Version: 6.3.3+dfsg-1
User: sanvila at debian.org
Usertags: binary-indep
Severity: important

Dear maintainer:

I tried to build this package with "dpkg-buildpackage -A"
(i.e. only architecture-independent packages), and it failed:

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 debian/rules build-indep
dh build-indep
   dh_testdir -i
   dh_auto_configure -i
   debian/rules override_dh_auto_build-indep
make[1]: Entering directory '/<<BUILDDIR>>/ace-6.3.3+dfsg'
cd /<<BUILDDIR>>/ace-6.3.3+dfsg && bin/generate_doxygen.pl -is_release -exclude_tao -exclude_ciao -exclude_dance
/<<BUILDDIR>>/ace-6.3.3+dfsg/ace/Lib_Find.cpp:223: warning: preprocessing issue while doing constant expression evaluation: syntax error
/<<BUILDDIR>>/ace-6.3.3+dfsg/ace/Lib_Find.cpp:307: warning: preprocessing issue while doing constant expression evaluation: syntax error
/<<BUILDDIR>>/ace-6.3.3+dfsg/ace/Service_Repository.cpp:625: warning: reached end of file while inside a code block!
The command that should end the block seems to be missing!


[... snipped ...]

/<<BUILDDIR>>/ace-6.3.3+dfsg/ACEXML/parser/parser/Parser.h:637: warning: argument 'name' of command @param is not found in the argument list of ACEXML_Parser::prefix_mapping(const ACEXML_Char *prefix, const ACEXML_Char *uri, int start)
/<<BUILDDIR>>/ace-6.3.3+dfsg/ACEXML/common/Exception.h:53: warning: Unsupported xml/html tag <name> found
/<<BUILDDIR>>/ace-6.3.3+dfsg/ACEXML/common/Exception.h:53: warning: Unsupported xml/html tag <name> found
/<<BUILDDIR>>/ace-6.3.3+dfsg/ACEXML/common/Exception.h:53: warning: Unsupported xml/html tag <name> found
/<<BUILDDIR>>/ace-6.3.3+dfsg/ACEXML/common/Exception.h:53: warning: Unsupported xml/html tag <name> found
/<<BUILDDIR>>/ace-6.3.3+dfsg/ACEXML/common/Exception.h:53: warning: Unsupported xml/html tag <name> found
/<<BUILDDIR>>/ace-6.3.3+dfsg/ACEXML/common/Exception.h:53: warning: Unsupported xml/html tag <name> found
/<<BUILDDIR>>/ace-6.3.3+dfsg/ACEXML/common/Exception.h:53: warning: Unsupported xml/html tag <name> found
/<<BUILDDIR>>/ace-6.3.3+dfsg/ACEXML/common/Exception.h:53: warning: Unsupported xml/html tag <name> found
/<<BUILDDIR>>/ace-6.3.3+dfsg/ACEXML/common/URL_Addr.h:124: warning: Unsupported xml/html tag <addr_string_> found
/<<BUILDDIR>>/ace-6.3.3+dfsg/ACEXML/common/URL_Addr.h:64: warning: Unsupported xml/html tag <ACE_INET_Addr> found
/<<BUILDDIR>>/ace-6.3.3+dfsg/ACEXML/common/URL_Addr.h:65: warning: Unsupported xml/html tag <ipaddr_format> found
/<<BUILDDIR>>/ace-6.3.3+dfsg/ACEXML/common/URL_Addr.h:67: warning: Unsupported xml/html tag <ipaddr_format> found
/<<BUILDDIR>>/ace-6.3.3+dfsg/ACEXML/common/URL_Addr.h:69: warning: Unsupported xml/html tag <size> found
/<<BUILDDIR>>/ace-6.3.3+dfsg/ACEXML/common/URL_Addr.h:70: warning: Unsupported xml/html tag <buffer> found
/<<BUILDDIR>>/ace-6.3.3+dfsg/ACEXML/common/URL_Addr.h:77: warning: Unsupported xml/html tag <ACE_INET_Addr> found
/<<BUILDDIR>>/ace-6.3.3+dfsg/ACEXML/common/URL_Addr.h:78: warning: Unsupported xml/html tag <ipaddr_format> found
/<<BUILDDIR>>/ace-6.3.3+dfsg/ACEXML/common/URL_Addr.h:80: warning: Unsupported xml/html tag <ipaddr_format> found
/<<BUILDDIR>>/ace-6.3.3+dfsg/ACEXML/common/URL_Addr.h:47: warning: Unsupported xml/html tag <ACEXML_URL_Addr> found
/<<BUILDDIR>>/ace-6.3.3+dfsg/ACEXML/common/URL_Addr.h:47: warning: Unsupported xml/html tag <address> found
/<<BUILDDIR>>/ace-6.3.3+dfsg/ACEXML/common/URL_Addr.h:51: warning: Unsupported xml/html tag <address> found
/<<BUILDDIR>>/ace-6.3.3+dfsg/ACEXML/common/URL_Addr.h:52: warning: Unsupported xml/html tag <ACE_DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT> found
/<<BUILDDIR>>/ace-6.3.3+dfsg/ACEXML/common/URL_Addr.h:121: warning: Unsupported xml/html tag <addr_to_string> found
/<<BUILDDIR>>/ace-6.3.3+dfsg/ACEXML/common/URL_Addr.h:124: warning: Unsupported xml/html tag <addr_string_> found
find /<<BUILDDIR>>/ace-6.3.3+dfsg/html -name '*.md5' -o -name '*.map' -o -name '*.tag' | xargs -r rm -f
make[1]: Leaving directory '/<<BUILDDIR>>/ace-6.3.3+dfsg'
   dh_auto_test -i
 fakeroot debian/rules binary-indep
dh binary-indep
   dh_testroot -i
   dh_prep -i
   debian/rules override_dh_install
make[1]: Entering directory '/<<BUILDDIR>>/ace-6.3.3+dfsg'
dh_install --list-missing
dh_install: mpc-ace missing files (../../bin/m[p,w]c.pl), aborting
debian/rules:96: recipe for target 'override_dh_install' failed
make[1]: *** [override_dh_install] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/<<BUILDDIR>>/ace-6.3.3+dfsg'
debian/rules:43: recipe for target 'binary-indep' failed
make: *** [binary-indep] Error 2
dpkg-buildpackage: error: fakeroot debian/rules binary-indep gave error exit status 2
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Sorry not to have a fix, as I am reporting many bugs similar to
this one. The common hints are:

* If the only architecture-independent packages are dummy transitional
ones and they were released with jessie, the easy fix is to drop them
now.

* When using "dh", it is allowed to use (independently)
optional targets override_dh_foo-arch and override_dh_foo-indep
(for several values of "foo").


Once that both "dpkg-buildpackage -A" and "dpkg-buildpackage -B" work
properly, the package would be suitable to be uploaded in source-only
form if you wish.

Thanks.