Bug#825237: RFS: mrpt/1:1.4.0-1 [ITA] [RC]

[Jose Luis Blanco <joseluisblancoc@gmail.com>]

Hi Sean,

>> Now that those -dbg packages have been renamed to -dbgsym, do you
>> think it may be a good idea to generate again those debug packages?
>> I would be really thankful for any advice regarding "good practices"
>> in this sense...
>
> Based on your description, it sounds like the -g packages might be
> useful for someone.  The only question is what you should call the
> binary package.  Are you saying that those packages already exist in
> Debian for wxWidgets?  What is the binary package name in that case?

Here is the only example I know in Debian (may be other packages like this?)

https://packages.debian.org/wheezy/libwxgtk2.8-dbg
And the rest of wx*-dbg packages:
https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/wxwidgets2.8



> I think that the QA team's debcheck program checks for that, not
> Lintian.
>
> Due to a lack of clarity about the difference between the extra and
> optional priorities,[1] and the need to file a bug to actually change
> it, most of us are ignoring the particular error you have quoted for
> packages that already exist (though of course you should make sure new
> packages are fully compliant with the policy).

Ok, thanks for the advice!


>> > Unfortunately, it fails to build on my 32-bit machine; log attached.
>>
>> wow, that's really unexpected! It seems there is an error in one CMake module:
>>
>>   CMake Error at /usr/share/cmake-3.5/Modules/TestBigEndian.cmake:104 (message):
>>     TEST_BIG_ENDIAN found no result!
>>
>> Will investigate if it's a real problem with cmake or with my scripts.
>
> I can try the build again when you think you've fixed it; just let me know.

I tried to replicate your error under Debian sid amd64 without luck. I
tried with and without ccache (I noticed you use it and thought it may
be the problem).

So, you want to give it another try after updating everything to "sid"
it would be great, but I can't offer any fix because it seems to build
clean in my local env, and in many other automated build farms
(travis-ci, Ubuntu PPA, etc.)

Best,
Jose Luis