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

[tony mancill]

On 11/29/2015 10:04 AM, Andreas Tille wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> it seems this is a general FTBFS error since it also fails for normal
> builds.  Any hint how to fix this would be welcome.
> 
> Kind regards
> 
>        Andreas.


Hi Andreas,

I am able to build in a clean cowbuilder chroot, but I think the root
cause for the error you're seeing lies with how the Unix class in
libsis-base-java performs process detection.  It will:

(a) check for the existence of /proc/$pid/

and if that fails:

(b) invoke "ps -p $pid" and check the return code

If the build environment doesn't provide /proc and doesn't have procps
installed (which is only priority "important" and so isn't guaranteed to
be there), then that could explain the failure you're seeing.  If that
fits what you're seeing, you could try adding a build-dep on procps.

Cheers,
tony

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