[Debian-med-packaging] Bug#806632: libsis-base-java: FTBFS when built with dpkg-buildpackage -A (override_dh_auto_test fails)

[Santiago Vila]

Package: src:libsis-base-java
Version: 14.12.0-1
User: sanvila at debian.org
Usertags: binary-indep
Severity: important

Dear maintainer:

I tried to build this package with "dpkg-buildpackage -A"
(i.e. only architecture-independent packages), and it failed:

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 debian/rules build-indep
dh build-indep --with javahelper
   dh_testdir -i
   debian/rules override_dh_auto_configure
make[1]: Entering directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>'
cp debian/build_native/* source/c
#Needed on Ubuntu 14.04
touch source/c/NEWS source/c/README source/c/AUTHORS source/c/ChangeLog
cd source/c && autoreconf -i
libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in `.'.
libtoolize: copying file `./ltmain.sh'
libtoolize: Consider adding `AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])' to configure.ac and

[... snipped ...]

OS: Linux (v3.16.7-ckt11-qemu-amd64)
Test class: UnixTests

Running testGetLinkInfoSymLink
Running testGetLinkInfoSymLinkDanglingLink
Running testGetLinkInfoNonExistent
Running testCreateSymbolicLinkNull
Running testCreateHardLinkNull
Running testGetLinkInfoHardLink
Running testGetUid
Running testGetEuid
Running testGetGid
Running testGetEgid
Running testGetUidForUserName
Running testGetUidForUserNameNull
Running testGetGidForGroupName
Running testGetGidForGroupNameNull
Running testTryGetGroupByName
Running testTryGetGroupByNameNull
Running testTryGetGroupByGid
Running testTryGetUserByName
Running testTryGetUserByNameNull
Running testTryGetUserByUid
Running testDetectProcess
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.AssertionError: 
	at org.testng.AssertJUnit.fail(AssertJUnit.java:59)
	at org.testng.AssertJUnit.assertTrue(AssertJUnit.java:24)
	at org.testng.AssertJUnit.assertTrue(AssertJUnit.java:33)
	at ch.systemsx.cisd.base.unix.UnixTests.testDetectProcess(UnixTests.java:296)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
	at ch.systemsx.cisd.base.unix.UnixTests.main(UnixTests.java:323)
	at ch.systemsx.cisd.base.AllTests.main(AllTests.java:55)
debian/rules:45: recipe for target 'override_dh_auto_test' failed
make[1]: *** [override_dh_auto_test] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>'
debian/rules:15: recipe for target 'build-indep' failed
make: *** [build-indep] Error 2
dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules build-indep gave error exit status 2
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Sorry not to have a fix, as I am reporting many bugs similar to
this one. The common hints are:

* If the only architecture-independent packages are dummy transitional
ones and they were released with jessie, the easy fix is to drop them
now.

* When using "dh", it is allowed to use (independently)
optional targets override_dh_foo-arch and override_dh_foo-indep
(for several values of "foo").


Once that both "dpkg-buildpackage -A" and "dpkg-buildpackage -B" work
properly, the package would be suitable to be uploaded in source-only
form if you wish.

Thanks.