RC bugs 2017/30-52

Sun, 31 Dec 2017 02:04:00 +0100

for some reason I'm still keeping track of the release-critical bugs I touch, even though it's a long time since I systematically try to fix them. & since I have the list, I thought I might as well post it here, for the third (& last) time this year:

#720666 – src:libxml-validate-perl: "libxml-validate-perl: FTBFS: POD coverage test failure"
don't run POD tests (pkg-perl)

#810655 – libembperl-perl: "libembperl-perl: postinst fails when libapache2-mod-perl2 is not installed"
upload backported fix to jessie

#825011 – libdata-alias-perl: "libdata-alias-perl: FTBFS with Perl 5.24: undefined symbol: LEAVESUB"
upload new upstream release (pkg-perl)

#826465 – texlive-latex-recommended: "texlive-latex-recommended: Unescaped left brace in regex is deprecated"
propose patch

#851506 – cpanminus: "cpanminus: major parts of upstream sources with compressed white-space"
take tarball from github (pkg-perl)

#853490 – src:libdomain-publicsuffix-perl: "libdomain-publicsuffix-perl: ftbfs with GCC-7"
apply patch from ubuntu (pkg-perl)

#853499 – src:libopengl-perl: "libopengl-perl: ftbfs with GCC-7"
new upstream release (pkg-perl)

#867514 – libsolv: "libsolv: find_package called with invalid argument "2.7.13+""
propose a patch, later upload to DELAYED/1, then patch included in a maintainer upload

#869357 – src:libdigest-whirlpool-perl: "libdigest-whirlpool-perl FTBFS on s390x: test failure"
upload to DELAYED/5

#869360 – slic3r: "slic3r: missing dependency on perlapi-*"
upload to DELAYED/5

#869576 – src:gimp-texturize: "gimp-texturize: Local copy of intltool-* fails with perl 5.26"
add patch, QA upload

#869578 – src:gdmap: "gdmap: Local copy of intltool-* fails with perl 5.26"
provide a patch

#869579 – src:granule: "granule: Local copy of intltool-* fails with perl 5.26"
add patch, QA upload

#869580 – src:teg: "teg: Local copy of intltool-* fails with perl 5.26"
provide a patch

#869583 – src:gnome-specimen: "gnome-specimen: Local copy of intltool-* fails with perl 5.26"
provide a patch

#869884 – src:chemical-mime-data: "chemical-mime-data: Local copy of intltool-* fails with perl 5.26"
provide a patch, upload to DELAYED/5 later

#870213 – src:pajeng: "pajeng FTBFS with perl 5.26"
provide a patch, uploaded by maintainer

#870821 – src:esys-particle: "esys-particle FTBFS with perl 5.26"
propose patch

#870832 – src:libmath-prime-util-gmp-perl: "libmath-prime-util-gmp-perl FTBFS on big endian: Failed 2/31 test programs. 8/2885 subtests failed."
upload new upstream release (pkg-perl)

#871059 – src:fltk1.3: "fltk1.3: FTBFS: Unescaped left brace in regex is illegal here in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/(\${ <-- HERE _IMPORT_PREFIX}/lib)(?!/x86_64-linux-gnu)/ at debian/fix-fltk-targets-noconfig line 6, <> line 1."
propose patch

#871159 – texlive-extra-utils: "pstoedit: FTBFS: Unescaped left brace in regex is illegal here in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/\\([a-zA-Z]+){([^}]*)}{ <-- HERE ([^}]*)}/ at /usr/bin/latex2man line 1327."
propose patch

#871307 – libmimetic0v5: "libmimetic0v5: requires rebuild against GCC 7 and symbols/shlibs bump"
implement reporter's recipe (thanks!)

#871335 – src:smlnj: "smlnj: FTBFS: Unescaped left brace in regex is illegal here in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/~?\\begin{ <-- HERE (small|Bold|Italics|Emph|address|quotation|center|enumerate|itemize|description|boxit|Boxit|abstract|Figure)}/ at mltex2html line 1411, <DOCUMENT> line 1."
extend existing patch, QA upload

#871349 – src:ispell-uk: "ispell-uk: FTBFS: The encoding pragma is no longer supported at ../../bin/verb_reverse.pl line 12."
propose patch

#871357 – src:packaging-tutorial: "packaging-tutorial: FTBFS: Unescaped left brace in regex is illegal here in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/\\end{ <-- HERE document}/ at /usr/share/perl5/Locale/Po4a/TransTractor.pm line 643."
analyze and propose a possible patch

#871367 – src:fftw: "fftw: FTBFS: Unescaped left brace in regex is deprecated here (and will be fatal in Perl 5.30), passed through in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/\@(\w+){ <-- HERE ([^\{\}]+)}/ at texi2html line 1771."
propose patch

#871818 – src:debian-zh-faq: "debian-zh-faq FTBFS with perl 5.26"
propose patch

#872275 – slic3r-prusa: "slic3r-prusa: Loadable library and perl binary mismatch"
propose patch

#873697 – src:libtext-bibtex-perl: "libtext-bibtex-perl FTBFS on arm*/ppc64el: t/unlimited.t (Wstat: 11 Tests: 4 Failed: 0)"
upload new upstream release prepared by smash (pkg-perl)

#875627 – libauthen-captcha-perl: "libauthen-captcha-perl: Random failure due to bad images"
upload package with fixed ong prepared by xguimard (pkg-perl)

#877841 – src:libxml-compile-wsdl11-perl: "libxml-compile-wsdl11-perl: FTBFS Can't locate XML/Compile/Tester.pm in @INC"
add missing build dependency (pkg-perl)

#877842 – src:libxml-compile-soap-perl: "libxml-compile-soap-perl: FTBFS: Can't locate Test/Deep.pm in @INC"
add missing build dependencies (pkg-perl)

#880777 – src:pdl: "pdl build depends on removed libgd2*-dev provides"
update build dependency (pkg-perl)

#880787 – src:libhtml-formatexternal-perl: "libhtml-formatexternal-perl build depends on removed transitional package lynx-cur"
update build dependency (pkg-perl)

#880843 – src:libperl-apireference-perl: "libperl-apireference-perl FTBFS with perl 5.26.1"
change handling of 5.26.1 API (pkg-perl)

#881058 – gwhois: "gwhois: please switch Depends from lynx-cur to lynx"
update dependency, upload to DELAYED/15

#882264 – src:libtemplate-declare-perl: "libtemplate-declare-perl FTBFS with libhtml-lint-perl 2.26+dfsg-1"
add patch for compatibility with newer HTML::Lint (pkg-perl)

#883673 – src:libdevice-cdio-perl: "fix build with libcdio 1.0"
add patch from doko (pkg-perl)

#885541 – libtest2-suite-perl: "libtest2-suite-perl: file conflicts with libtest2-asyncsubtest-perl and libtest2-workflow-perl"
add Breaks/Replaces/Provides (pkg-perl)