Re: Autopkgtest fails when executable is link to JAR

[Eugene Zhukov <eugene@debian.org>]

On Sat, Apr 30, 2016 at 10:09 AM, Olivier Sallou
<olivier.sallou@irisa.fr> wrote:
>
>
> ----- Mail original -----
>> De: "Andreas Tille" <andreas@an3as.eu>
>> À: "Debian Java List" <debian-java@lists.debian.org>
>> Envoyé: Vendredi 29 Avril 2016 17:11:44
>> Objet: Autopkgtest fails when executable is link to JAR
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I noticed that the autopkgtest for artfastqgenerator fails[1] with
>>
>> ...
>> emoving adt-satdep (0) ...
>> adt-run [03:53:30]: test run-unit-test: [-----------------------
>> /usr/bin/artfastqgenerator: 1: /usr/bin/artfastqgenerator: Syntax error: ")"
>> unexpected
>> adt-run [03:53:30]: test run-unit-test: -----------------------]
>> adt-run [03:53:30]: test run-unit-test:  - - - - - - - - - - results - - - -
>> - - - - - -
>> run-unit-test        FAIL non-zero exit status 2
>> adt-run [03:53:31]: @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ summary
>> run-unit-test        FAIL non-zero exit status 2
>> ...
>>
>>
>> I guess this is the case since the executable is just a symlink to the
>> JAR file:
>>
>> $ readlink /usr/bin/artfastqgenerator
>> ../share/java/artfastqgenerator.jar
>>
> looks strange, trying to execute a jar file directly. Should be something like java -jar  .../artfastqgenerator.jar
>
> I do not understand why a jar file (well its symlink) is in /usr/bin. Should be a wrapper shell calling java command.
>
artfastqgenerator depends on jarwrapper, which is a wrapper which does
exactly that.
Please have a look at e.g. epubcheck package with similar setup.

Eugene