Bug#265212: advi: FTBFS alpha: strange build failure

[Goswin von Brederlow <brederlo@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de>]

Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr> writes:

> On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 12:15:36PM +0200, Julien Cristau wrote:
>> On 12/08/2004-09:45, Goswin Brederlow wrote:
>> > <snip the beginning of the build log>
>> > if [ -x /usr/bin/ocamlopt.opt ]; then \
>> > 	echo "Building the native code version with the native compilers"; \
>> >         /usr/bin/make HAVE_OPT=".opt" opt; \
>> > 	touch opt-built-stamp; \
>> > else if [ -x /usr/bin/ocamlopt ]; then \
>> > 	echo "Building the native code version"; \
>> >         /usr/bin/make HAVE_OPT="" opt; \
>> > 	touch opt-built-stamp; \
>> > else \
>> > 	echo "Building the bytecode version"; \
>> >         /usr/bin/make byte; \
>> > fi fi
>> > Building the native code version with the native compilers
>> 
>> Ok, here is where it differs from the build log at 
>> http://buildd.debian.org/fetch.php?&pkg=advi&ver=1.5.2%2Bcvs-2004.07.27-2&arch=i386&stamp=1091989825&file=log&as=raw.
>> The last line of the Makefile is "include .depend", which normally 
>> causes a regeneration of this file. However, here it what "info make" 
>> say about included Makefiles:
>> |   If the specified name does not start with a slash, and the file is
>> |not found in the current directory, several other directories are
>> |searched.  First, any directories you have specified with the `-I' or
>> |`--include-dir' option are searched (*note Summary of Options: Options
>> |Summary.).  Then the following directories (if they exist) are
>> |searched, in this order: `PREFIX/include' (normally `/usr/local/include'
>> |(1)) `/usr/gnu/include', `/usr/local/include', `/usr/include'.
>> 
>> My guess is that one of these files exist on your system, and the 
>> ".depend" rule of advi's Makefile is never called. The safe way would be 
>> to explicitely run make .depend before building advi.
>
> Goswin, can you test this by adding the $(MAKE) .depend below to the
> debian/rules file ? 
>
> build: build-stamp
> build-stamp: patch-stamp config.status
>         dh_testdir
>
>         $(MAKE) .depend
>         if [ -x /usr/bin/ocamlopt.opt ]; then \
>                 echo "Building the native code version with the native compilers"; \
>                 $(MAKE) HAVE_OPT=".opt" opt; \
> 	...
>
> If you confirm this works, i will make a new upload of advi that fixes this
> issue.
>
> Friendly,
>
> Sven Luther

I rerun debuild on the failed build and it worked. Then I requed the
package on the same buildd to see if a pristine source would fail but
that now build too.

Either the system had a hickup or something fixed itself while it
installed and purged Build-Depends for packages inbetween.

So while I can't reproduce it and thus can't test if the "$(MAKE)
.depend" makes a difference it still looks like its saver to add
it. Can't hurd, can it?

MfG
        Goswin