[Debian-l10n-devel] Bug#902162: translate-toolkit: FTBFS in stretch (broken by change in Africa/Windhoek timezone)

[Santiago Vila]

Package: src:translate-toolkit
Version: 2.0.0-1
Severity: serious
Tags: ftbfs

Dear maintainer:

This package does no longer build from source in Debian stretch:

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=================================== FAILURES ===================================
________________________________ test_timezones ________________________________

    def test_timezones():
        pofile = po.pofile()
    
        # The following will only work on Unix because of tzset() and %z
        if 'tzset' in time.__dict__:
            os.environ['TZ'] = 'Asia/Kabul'
            time.tzset()
            assert time.timezone == -16200
            # Typically "+0430"
            assert poheader.tzstring() == time.strftime("%z")
    
            os.environ['TZ'] = 'Asia/Seoul'
            time.tzset()
            assert time.timezone == -32400
            # Typically "+0900"
            assert poheader.tzstring() == time.strftime("%z")
    
            os.environ['TZ'] = 'Africa/Johannesburg'
            time.tzset()
            assert time.timezone == -7200
            # Typically "+0200"
            assert poheader.tzstring() == time.strftime("%z")
    
            os.environ['TZ'] = 'Africa/Windhoek'
            time.tzset()
>           assert time.timezone == -3600
E           assert -7200 == -3600
E            +  where -7200 = time.timezone

../../translate/storage/test_poheader.py:127: AssertionError
=== 1 failed, 2252 passed, 1 skipped, 51 xfailed, 6 xpassed in 10.48 seconds ===
E: pybuild pybuild:283: test: plugin custom failed with: exit code=1: cp -a tests share /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/pythonX.Y_2.7/build; cd /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/pythonX.Y_2.7/build; PATH=/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/python-translate/usr/bin:$PATH python2.7 -m pytest -v -rxs
dh_auto_test: pybuild --test --test-pytest -i python{version} -p 2.7 returned exit code 13
debian/rules:42: recipe for target 'override_dh_install' failed


The above is from my own autobuilder, but it also happens here:

https://tests.reproducible-builds.org/debian/rb-pkg/stretch/amd64/translate-toolkit.html

Thanks.