Bug#1008415: libnih: FTBFS: dh_auto_test: error: make -j8 check VERBOSE=1 returned exit code 2

[Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org>]

Hi,

Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
> During a rebuild of all packages in sid, your package failed to build
> on amd64.

I wonder if we should remove libnih from Debian. It's orphaned since
2016 and IIRC doesn't have many reverse dependencies anymore.

"dak rm" even doesn't argue at all:

coccia% dak rm --no-action libnih
Will remove the following packages from unstable:

    libnih |   1.0.3-12 | source
libnih-dbus-dev | 1.0.3-12+b2 | amd64, arm64, armel, armhf, i386, mips64el, mipsel, ppc64el, s390x
libnih-dbus1 | 1.0.3-12+b2 | amd64, arm64, armel, armhf, i386, mips64el, mipsel, ppc64el, s390x
libnih-dev | 1.0.3-12+b2 | amd64, arm64, armel, armhf, i386, mips64el, mipsel, ppc64el, s390x
   libnih1 | 1.0.3-12+b2 | amd64, arm64, armel, armhf, i386, mips64el, mipsel, ppc64el, s390x
nih-dbus-tool | 1.0.3-12+b2 | amd64, arm64, armel, armhf, i386, mips64el, mipsel, ppc64el, s390x

Maintainer: Debian QA Group <packages@qa.debian.org>

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coccia%

But a short look through those binary packages most likely having
reverse-dependencies (libnih-dbus1 and libnih1), I though found a
single reverse dependency not coming from the libnih package:

$ apt-cache rdepends libnih1
libnih1
Reverse Depends:
  libnih-dbus1
  libnih1-dbgsym
  nih-dbus-tool
  libnih-dev
$ apt-cache rdepends libnih-dbus1
libnih-dbus1
Reverse Depends:
  libnih-dbus-dev
  libnih-dbus1-dbgsym
  libldm-priv-common0
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^    

So with just one reverse dependency left and being orphaned since
2016, it's probably time for removal.

Cc'ing the package maintainers of the sole reverse dependency I've
found, lomiri-download-manager (source package of libldm-priv-common0)
for a comment how "needed" libnih is in their package.

		Regards, Axel
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