Bug#825355: firefox-esr: FTBFS on arm64: Error while running startup cache precompilation

[Emilio Pozuelo Monfort]

Control: severity -1 important

On 26/05/16 16:23, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote:
> On 26/05/16 14:48, Mike Hommey wrote:
>> On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 12:56:28PM +0200, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote:
>>> Source: firefox-esr
>>> Version: 45.1.1esr-1
>>> Severity: serious
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> firefox-esr failed to build on arm64:
>>>
>>> Executing /«PKGBUILDDIR»/build-browser/dist/bin/xpcshell -g /«PKGBUILDDIR»/build-browser/dist/bin/ -a /«PKGBUILDDIR»/build-browser/dist/bin/ -f /«PKGBUILDDIR»/toolkit/mozapps/installer/precompile_cache.js -e precompile_startupcache("resource://gre/");
>>> resource://gre/components/ActivityMessageConfigurator.js
>>> resource://gre/modules/commonjs/sdk/ui/sidebar/contract.js
>>> [...]
>>> resource://gre/modules/workers/require.js
>>> ERROR!! RequestSyncService - Failed to retrieve data from the database.
>>> Executing /«PKGBUILDDIR»/build-browser/dist/bin/xpcshell -g /«PKGBUILDDIR»/build-browser/dist/bin/ -a /«PKGBUILDDIR»/build-browser/dist/bin/browser -f /«PKGBUILDDIR»/toolkit/mozapps/installer/precompile_cache.js -e precompile_startupcache("resource://app/");
>>> resource://app/components/ChromeProfileMigrator.js
>>> resource://app/components/ExperimentsService.js
>>> [...]
>>> resource://app/modules/Chat.jsm
>>> resource://app/modules/ContentClick.jsm
>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>   File "/«PKGBUILDDIR»/toolkit/mozapps/installer/packager.py", line 406, in <module>
>>>     main()
>>>   File "/«PKGBUILDDIR»/toolkit/mozapps/installer/packager.py", line 400, in main
>>>     args.source, gre_path, base)
>>>   File "/«PKGBUILDDIR»/toolkit/mozapps/installer/packager.py", line 161, in precompile_cache
>>>     errors.fatal('Error while running startup cache precompilation')
>>>   File "/«PKGBUILDDIR»/python/mozbuild/mozpack/errors.py", line 103, in fatal
>>>     self._handle(self.FATAL, msg)
>>>   File "/«PKGBUILDDIR»/python/mozbuild/mozpack/errors.py", line 98, in _handle
>>>     raise ErrorMessage(msg)
>>> mozpack.errors.ErrorMessage: Error: Error while running startup cache precompilation
>>> /«PKGBUILDDIR»/toolkit/mozapps/installer/packager.mk:41: recipe for target 'stage-package' failed
>>>
>>> Logs at https://buildd.debian.org/status/logs.php?pkg=firefox-esr&ver=45.1.1esr-1%2Bb1&arch=arm64
>>
>> Interestingly 45.1.1esr-1 built fine, and none of the versions that
>> failed have differences with it that would matter for that build error.
>> So there seems to be some erratic (random) failure. If your immediate
>> concern is getting it built for a transition, please try to retrigger
>> builds.
> 
> It failed twice with the same error. I have given it back again, let's see how
> that goes.

This looks like a random failure indeed:

https://buildd.debian.org/status/logs.php?pkg=firefox-esr&arch=arm64

Downgrading to important.

Cheers,
Emilio