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thanks to lucas' last archive rebuild, this week offered some new & easy additional RC bugs :) – here's the list:

• #646177 – src:python-djvulibre: "python-djvulibre: FTBFS: FAIL: test_decode.test_documents.test_export_ps"
  add patch from upstream repo, upload to DELAYED/2
• #651317 – src:pike7.8: "pike7.8: FTBFS on i386: Segmentation fault"
  send debdiff with patch from Ubuntu / Matthias Klose to BTS
• #656669 – gedit-latex-plugin: "gedit-latex-plugin: FTBFS due to latex/latex/environment.py not in POTFILES.in"
  add patch from Ubuntu / Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre, upload to DELAYED/2
• #660379 – libchart-perl: "libchart-perl 2.4.4 breaks the return value of scalar_png()"
  upload package prepared by Florian Schlichting (pkg-perl)
• #662585 – qd: "FTBFS"
  add patch to fix a Makefile.am variable, upload to DELAYED/2
• #662764 – sagan: "sagan: FTBFS: dh_auto_configure fails"
  fix configure call in debian/rules, upload to DELAYED/2
• #663063 – python-gtkglext1: "python-gtkglext1: FTBFS: dh_autoreconf: Can only be run once"
  add a new target to debian/rules to run dh_autoreconf, upload to DELAYED/2
• #665076 – velocity: "velocity: /usr/share/java/velocity.jar missing"
  triage and reassign
• #665219 – src:libpadre-plugin-perlcritic-perl: "libpadre-plugin-perlcritic-perl: FTBFS: tests failed"
  set HOME during build (pkg-perl)
• #665228 – src:libconfig-model-perl: "libconfig-model-perl: FTBFS: tests failed"
  set HOME during build (pkg-perl)
• #665246 – src:liborlite-mirror-perl: "liborlite-mirror-perl: FTBFS: tests failed"
  set HOME during build (pkg-perl)

since I was travelling in the pre-ultimate week for a few days, there was no report about my RC bugs fixing activities. so here we go with an overview covering two weeks:

• #634538 – src:tcpreplay: "tcpreplay: FTBFS: configure: error: Unable to find matching library for header file in /usr"
  prepare a debdiff and send it to the BTS
• #639489 – ftp.debian.org: "RM: pitrtools -- RoM; unused, dead upstream"
  reassign to ftp.debian.org as intended by maintainer
• #643177 – src:lcms2: "lcms2: FTBFS: dpkg-buildpackage: error: dpkg-source -b lcms2-2.2+git20110628 gave error exit status 2"
  drop unintended changes, upload to DELAYED/2
• #643820 – key-mon: "key-mon: fails to start; python-gtk2 issue loading svg?"
  suggest to close the bug as unreproducible, done by maintainer
• #649463 – libpam-rsa: "libpam-rsa: code to hash hostname and username is broken"
  improve my existing patch after feedback, upload to DELAYED/2
• #652197 – src:yate: "yate: FTBFS: dpkg-buildpackage: error: dpkg-source -b yate-2.2.0-1~dfsg gave error exit status 2"
  update handling of config.{guess,sub}, upload to DELAYED/2
• #652211 – src:yagiuda: "yagiuda: FTBFS: dpkg-buildpackage: error: dpkg-source -b yagiuda-1.19 gave error exit status 2"
  update handling of config.{guess,sub}, QA upload
• #652213 – src:wmnd: "wmnd: FTBFS: dpkg-buildpackage: error: dpkg-source -b wmnd-0.4.16 gave error exit status 2"
  update handling of config.{guess,sub}, upload to DELAYED/2
• #652216 – src:libgssapi-perl: "libgssapi-perl: FTBFS: Failed 1/9 test programs. 1/152 subtests failed."
  upload package prepared by Florian Schlichting (pkg-perl)
• #653312 – tahoe-lafs: "tahoe-lafs: Error on building from source: aborting due to unexpected upstream changes"
  send cleaned up debdiff to BTS
• #658405 – postgresql-9.1-pgmemcache: "postgresql-9.1-pgmemcache: FTBFS with libmemcached-dev-1.0.3-1"
  add patch from Michael Fladischer, upload to DELAYED/2
• #661448 – dvbstreamer: "FTBFS"
  add a patch to fix Makefile.am variables, upload to DELAYED/2
• #661768 – netapplet: "FTBFS"
  update handling of config.{guess,sub}, upload to DELAYED/2
• #661875 – libgsf: "FTBFS"
  update handling of config.{guess,sub}, upload to DELAYED/2
• #661906 – milkytracker: "FTBFS"
  add patch from Arch Linux found by Paul Wise, upload to DELAYED/2
• #662599 – libmail-imapclient-perl: "libmail-imapclient-perl: FTBFS: Test suite failure"
  recreate grammar during package build (pkg-perl)
• #662816 – jifty: "jifty: FTBFS: Test suite failure"
  upload fixed package prepared by Florian Schlichting (pkg-perl)
• #664056 – libxml-libxml-perl: "libxml-libxml-perl (<= 1.93+dfsg-1) has issues overloading != on XML::LibXML::Element"
  upload package prepared by Alessandro Ghedini (pkg-perl)
• #664196 – libyaml-libyaml-perl: "libyaml-libyaml-perl: embeds libyaml without a copyright notice"
  add missing copyright/license (pkg-perl)

as usual, here's my RCBW report. like in the last weeks, a mixture of NMUs and mails to the BTS, grabbing and writing patches, ...

• #616108 – pidgin-facebookchat: "pidgin-facebookchat: Authentication Failure - You are not permitted to do that"
  prepare an NMU, ask for test
• #642449 – python-hippocanvas: "python-hippocanvas: doesn't depend on python"
  run dh_python2 explicitly in debian/rules, upload to DELAYED/2
• #642459 – src:pylibssh2: "pylibssh2: missing dependency on python (after rebuild)"
  add missing build dependency, upload to DELAYED/2
• #643138 – src:gnu-fdisk: "gnu-fdisk: FTBFS: dpkg-buildpackage: error: dpkg-source -b gnu-fdisk-1.2.4 gave error exit status 2"
  use autotools-dev helpers for handling config.{guess,sub}, upload to DELAYED/2
• #643180 – src:libapache2-mod-auth-openid: "libapache2-mod-auth-openid: FTBFS: dpkg-buildpackage: error: dpkg-source -b libapache2-mod-auth-openid-0.5 gave error exit status 2"
  drop autogenerated patch, upload to DELAYED/2
• #644010 – python-hippocanvas: "python-hippocanvas: Needs to be rebuilt against Python 2.7"
  fixed together with #642449
• #649463 – libpam-rsa: "libpam-rsa: code to hash hostname and username is broken"
  send a patch to the BTS
• #651865 – python-gnutls: "python-gnutls: gnutls.library.functions fails with libgnutls28-3.0.8-2"
  add a patch taken from upstream, upload to DELAYED/2
• #658577 – libevocosm-dev: "-dev library is broken"
  send debdiff with patch from Vincent Legout to BTS; but it FTBFS (cf. #661500)
• #660032 – libjs-dojo-core: "libjs-dojo: Does not build using new 1.7.1 release"
  suggest to lower severity, later done by RT, then closed in maintainer upload
• #661500 – src:libevocosm: "FTBFS: dpkg-source: error: aborting due to unexpected upstream changes"
  file new FTBFS bug, add a patch
• #661621 – get-flash-videos: "FTBFS"
  upload new package prepared by Julián Moreno Patiño (pkg-perl)
• #661800 – libfile-libmagic-perl: "libfile-libmagic-perl: FTBFS"
  add patch to deal with file 5.10 (pkg-perl)