[Debian-med-packaging] Bug#880236: python-biopython: FTBFS: Test failures

[Lucas Nussbaum]

Source: python-biopython
Version: 1.70+dfsg-2
Severity: serious
Tags: buster sid
User: debian-qa at lists.debian.org
Usertags: qa-ftbfs-20171030 qa-ftbfs
Justification: FTBFS on amd64

Hi,

During a rebuild of all packages in sid, your package failed to build on
amd64.

Relevant part (hopefully):
>                              cp -a Doc/Tutorial.tex /<<BUILDDIR>>/python-biopython-1.70+dfsg/.pybuild/pythonX.Y_2.7/build/Doc; \
>                              cp -a Doc/Tutorial /<<BUILDDIR>>/python-biopython-1.70+dfsg/.pybuild/pythonX.Y_2.7/build/Doc; \
>                              cp -a Doc/examples /<<BUILDDIR>>/python-biopython-1.70+dfsg/.pybuild/pythonX.Y_2.7/build/Doc; \
>                              cp -a Tests /<<BUILDDIR>>/python-biopython-1.70+dfsg/.pybuild/pythonX.Y_2.7/build; \
>                              cd /<<BUILDDIR>>/python-biopython-1.70+dfsg/.pybuild/pythonX.Y_2.7/build/Tests; \
>                              env DIALIGN2_DIR=/usr/share/dialign EMBOSS_ROOT=/usr/lib/emboss HOME=/<<BUILDDIR>>/python-biopython-1.70+dfsg/.pybuild/pythonX.Y_2.7/build/home python2.7 run_tests.py --offline
> dh_auto_test: pybuild --test -i python{version} -p 2.7 --test --system=custom "--test-args=set -e; \\\
>                              mkdir -p {build_dir}/home; \\\
>                              mkdir -p {build_dir}/Doc/examples; \\\
>                              cp -a Doc/Tutorial.tex {build_dir}/Doc; \\\
>                              cp -a Doc/Tutorial {build_dir}/Doc; \\\
>                              cp -a Doc/examples {build_dir}/Doc; \\\
>                              cp -a Tests {build_dir}; \\\
>                              cd {build_dir}/Tests; \\\
>                              env DIALIGN2_DIR=/usr/share/dialign EMBOSS_ROOT=/usr/lib/emboss HOME={build_dir}/home {interpreter} run_tests.py --offline" returned exit code 13
> debian/rules:96: recipe for target 'override_dh_auto_test' failed

The full build log is available from:
   http://aws-logs.debian.net/2017/10/30/python-biopython_1.70+dfsg-2_unstable.log

A list of current common problems and possible solutions is available at
http://wiki.debian.org/qa.debian.org/FTBFS . You're welcome to contribute!

About the archive rebuild: The rebuild was done on EC2 VM instances from
Amazon Web Services, using a clean, minimal and up-to-date chroot. Every
failed build was retried once to eliminate random failures.