Re: Potential MBF: packages failing to build twice in a row
On 10/08/23 at 14:38 +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
> On 08/08/23 at 10:26 +0200, Helmut Grohne wrote:
> > Are we ready to call for consensus on dropping the requirement that
> > `debian/rules clean; dpkg-source -b` shall work or is anyone interested
> > in sending lots of patches for this?
>
> My reading of the discussion is that there's sufficient interest for
> ensuring that building-source-after-successful-binary-build works.
>
> Also, for most packages, fixes are trivial, and can be implemented as
> durable fixes (not requiring changes for each upstream release).
>
> So my proposal would be to file bugs against affected packages, with
> severity:minor for now (even it is a clear policy violation).
> The bugs would be properly usertagged to allow tracking, and point to a
> wiki page where we can share recipes for specific issues.
>
> The rate at which packages are fixed could be useful input to determine
> if we can just live with that requirement, or if we needed to change
> policy.
>
> After some time, when enough bugs are fixed, the severity could be
> increased to release-critical. And to ensure that we don't regress again
> on this, this check could easily be added to archive rebuilds.
Hi,
I prepared this wiki page:
https://wiki.debian.org/qa.debian.org/FTBFS/SourceAfterBuild
And I plan to use the following bug template:
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From: {{ fullname }} <{{ email }}>
To: submit@bugs.debian.org
Subject: {{ package }}: Fails to build source after successful build
Source: {{ package }}
Version: {{ version }}
Severity: minor
Tags: trixie sid ftbfs
User: lucas@debian.org
Usertags: ftbfs-sab-{{ date_without_slashes }} ftbfs-source-after-build
Hi,
This package fails to build a source package after a successful build
(dpkg-buildpackage ; dpkg-buildpackage -S).
This is probably a clear violation of Debian Policy section 4.9 (clean target),
but this is filed as severity:minor for now, because a discussion on
debian-devel showed that we might want to revisit the requirement of a working
'clean' target.
More information about this class of issues, included common problems and
solutions, is available at
https://wiki.debian.org/qa.debian.org/FTBFS/SourceAfterBuild
Relevant part of the build log:
{% for line in extract %}> {{ line }}
{% endfor %}
The full build log is available from:
http://qa-logs.debian.net/{{ date }}/{{ filename }}
If you reassign this bug to another package, please mark it as 'affects'-ing
this package. See https://www.debian.org/Bugs/server-control#affects
If you fail to reproduce this, please provide a build log and diff it with mine
so that we can identify if something relevant changed in the meantime.
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I will first focus on packages where 'dpkg-buildpackage -S' fails after
a successful build.
I might do the same work for packages where 'dpkg-buildpackage -b' fails
after a successful build.
Lucas
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