Bug#816517: marked as done (boxbackup: FTBFS: TEST FAILURE: Condition [::system("perl testfiles/testrequests.pl") == 0] )
reopen 816517
found 816517 0.11.1~r2837-2
retitle 816517 FTBFS: /usr/bin/mktexfmt: mkdir(/sbuild-nonexistent/)
failed, goodbye: Permission denied
thanks
The build failure is still present, although the initial report was
misleading. It turns out that the problem lies when generating the
documentation. Quoting relevant parts from
https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=boxbackup&arch=amd64&ver=0.11.1~r2837-2&stamp=1457414144:
fakeroot debian/rules binary-arch
/usr/bin/make -C docs instguide
make[1]: Entering directory '/«PKGBUILDDIR»/docs'
[XLSTPROC] docbook/bb-book.xsl docbook/instguide.xml
make[1]: Leaving directory '/«PKGBUILDDIR»/docs'
cd docs/docbook && docbook2pdf instguide.xml
Using catalogs: /etc/sgml/catalog
Using stylesheet: /usr/share/docbook-utils/docbook-utils.dsl#print
Working on: /«PKGBUILDDIR»/docs/docbook/instguide.xml
kpathsea: Running mktexfmt pdfjadetex.fmt
mktexfmt: mktexfmt is using the following fmtutil.cnf files (in
precedence order):
mktexfmt: /usr/share/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf
mktexfmt: /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/web2c/fmtutil.cnf
mktexfmt: mktexfmt is using the following fmtutil.cnf file for writing
changes:
mktexfmt: /sbuild-nonexistent/.texmf-config/web2c/fmtutil.cnf
/usr/bin/mktexfmt: mkdir(/sbuild-nonexistent/) failed, goodbye:
Permission denied
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.16 (TeX Live 2015/Debian)
(preloaded format=pdfjadetex)
restricted \write18 enabled.
I can't find the format file `pdfjadetex.fmt'!
debian/rules:42: recipe for target 'docs/docbook/instguide.pdf' failed
make: *** [docs/docbook/instguide.pdf] Error 9
dpkg-buildpackage: error: fakeroot debian/rules binary-arch gave error
exit status 2
Norbert, have you seen this kind of failure before? I wonder if you have
recommendations how to fix this issue.
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