[Debian-med-packaging] Bug#1114069: blimps: FTBFS: blksort.c:228:19: error: too many arguments to function 'read_config'; expected 0, have 3

Santiago Vila sanvila at debian.org
Fri Sep 5 19:15:49 BST 2025


Package: src:blimps
Version: 3.9+ds-4
Severity: serious
Tags: ftbfs forky sid

Dear maintainer:

During a rebuild of all packages in unstable, your package failed to build.

Below you will find how the build ends (probably the most relevant part,
but not necessarily). If required, the full build log is available here:

https://people.debian.org/~sanvila/build-logs/202509/

About the archive rebuild: The build was made on virtual machines from AWS,
using sbuild and a reduced chroot with only build-essential packages.

If you could not reproduce the bug please contact me privately, as I
am willing to provide ssh access to a virtual machine where the bug is
fully reproducible.

If this is really a bug in one of the build-depends, please use
reassign and add an affects on src:blimps, so that this is still
visible in the BTS web page for this package.

Thanks.

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[...]
 debian/rules clean
dh clean
   dh_auto_clean
	make -j2 distclean
make[1]: Entering directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>'
if [ -d blimps ]; then make -C blimps -f Makefile.Linux clean; fi
if [ -d protomat ]; then make -C protomat -f Makefile.Linux clean; fi
make[2]: Entering directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/protomat'
/bin/rm -f *.o blksort getblock getseq multimat motifj motomat uextract blosum blastdat
make[2]: Entering directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/blimps'
rm -f blimps blweight blalign bldist blk2pssm rank_matrix retblock codehop htmlize-codehop oligo_melt mablock makeblockmap prints2blocks lisblk coduse narrow blkprob blk2slx LAMA find_biassed_blocks fastaseqs addseqs cobbler interpro pssmdist pssmBL papssm matrix_logob makelogob blocks_search LAMA_search block_vis format_block biassed_blocks_finder htmlize-LAMA show_aligned_blocks makelis blk2mot 
make[2]: Leaving directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/protomat'
rm -f *.a *.o *~ 
if [ "." != "." ]; then rm -f -r .; fi

[... snipped ...]

In file included from blimps.c:29:
config.h:28:12: note: declared here
   28 | extern int read_config_file ();
      |            ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
blimps.c:918:3: error: too many arguments to function ‘init_reclaim_space’; expected 0, have 1
  918 |   init_reclaim_space(blimps_reclaim_space);
      |   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In file included from ../include/global.h:53:
../include/memory.h:117:13: note: declared here
  117 | extern void init_reclaim_space();
      |             ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
blimps.c:926:7: error: too many arguments to function ‘number_of_files’; expected 0, have 1
  926 |   if (number_of_files(FREQUENCY_FILE) <= 0) {
      |       ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
../include/files.h:133:12: note: declared here
  133 | extern int number_of_files();
      |            ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
blimps.c:944:20: error: too many arguments to function ‘get_current_file_name’; expected 0, have 1
  944 |     strcpy(Buffer, get_current_file_name(FREQUENCY_FILE));
      |                    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
../include/files.h:108:14: note: declared here
  108 | extern char *get_current_file_name();
      |              ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
blimps.c:948:3: error: too many arguments to function ‘ErrorReport’; expected 0, have 1
  948 |   ErrorReport(INFO_ERR_LVL);
      |   ^~~~~~~~~~~
../include/errors.h:62:13: note: declared here
   62 | extern void ErrorReport();
      |             ^~~~~~~~~~~
blimps.c:950:9: error: too many arguments to function ‘load_frequencies’; expected 0, have 1
  950 |   if (! load_frequencies(Buffer)) {
      |         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
In file included from blimps.c:23:
../include/frequency.h:40:16: note: declared here
   40 | extern Boolean load_frequencies();
      |                ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
blimps.c:952:5: error: too many arguments to function ‘ErrorReport’; expected 0, have 1
  952 |     ErrorReport(SERIOUS_ERR_LVL);
      |     ^~~~~~~~~~~
../include/errors.h:62:13: note: declared here
   62 | extern void ErrorReport();
      |             ^~~~~~~~~~~
blimps.c:965:11: error: too many arguments to function ‘get_option_args’; expected 0, have 3
  965 |     if (! get_option_args("alts", & qargc, & qargv)) {
      |           ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
In file included from blimps.c:24:
../include/options.h:67:16: note: declared here
   67 | extern Boolean get_option_args();
      |                ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
blimps.c:968:7: error: too many arguments to function ‘ErrorReport’; expected 0, have 1
  968 |       ErrorReport(WARNING_ERR_LVL);
      |       ^~~~~~~~~~~
../include/errors.h:62:13: note: declared here
   62 | extern void ErrorReport();
      |             ^~~~~~~~~~~
blimps.c:982:7: error: too many arguments to function ‘ErrorReport’; expected 0, have 1
  982 |       ErrorReport(FATAL_ERR_LVL);
      |       ^~~~~~~~~~~
../include/errors.h:62:13: note: declared here
   62 | extern void ErrorReport();
      |             ^~~~~~~~~~~
blimps.c:985:11: error: too many arguments to function ‘load_qij’; expected 0, have 1
  985 |     Qij = load_qij(fqij);
      |           ^~~~~~~~ ~~~~
../include/convert.h:58:26: note: declared here
   58 | extern struct float_qij *load_qij();
      |                          ^~~~~~~~
blimps.c:989:5: error: too many arguments to function ‘ErrorReport’; expected 0, have 1
  989 |     ErrorReport(INFO_ERR_LVL);
      |     ^~~~~~~~~~~
../include/errors.h:62:13: note: declared here
   62 | extern void ErrorReport();
      |             ^~~~~~~~~~~
blimps.c:999:5: error: too many arguments to function ‘ErrorReport’; expected 0, have 1
  999 |     ErrorReport(WARNING_ERR_LVL);
      |     ^~~~~~~~~~~
../include/errors.h:62:13: note: declared here
   62 | extern void ErrorReport();
      |             ^~~~~~~~~~~
blimps.c:1005:3: error: too many arguments to function ‘ErrorReport’; expected 0, have 1
 1005 |   ErrorReport(INFO_ERR_LVL);
      |   ^~~~~~~~~~~
../include/errors.h:62:13: note: declared here
   62 | extern void ErrorReport();
      |             ^~~~~~~~~~~
blimps.c:1006:3: error: too many arguments to function ‘init_gcode’; expected 0, have 3
 1006 |   init_gcode(&gcodes[GeneticCodeInitializer], gcode, revgcode);
      |   ^~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In file included from ../include/residues.h:16,
                 from blimps.c:18:
../include/gcode.h:96:6: note: declared here
   96 | void init_gcode PROTO((GeneticCodePtr, unsigned char [64], unsigned char [64]));
      |      ^~~~~~~~~~
blimps.c:1017:7: error: too many arguments to function ‘ErrorReport’; expected 0, have 1
 1017 |       ErrorReport(FATAL_ERR_LVL);
      |       ^~~~~~~~~~~
../include/errors.h:62:13: note: declared here
   62 | extern void ErrorReport();
      |             ^~~~~~~~~~~
blimps.c:1034:7: error: too many arguments to function ‘ErrorReport’; expected 0, have 1
 1034 |       ErrorReport(SERIOUS_ERR_LVL);
      |       ^~~~~~~~~~~
../include/errors.h:62:13: note: declared here
   62 | extern void ErrorReport();
      |             ^~~~~~~~~~~
blimps.c:1037:7: error: too many arguments to function ‘ErrorReport’; expected 0, have 1
 1037 |       ErrorReport(SERIOUS_ERR_LVL);
      |       ^~~~~~~~~~~
../include/errors.h:62:13: note: declared here
   62 | extern void ErrorReport();
      |             ^~~~~~~~~~~
blimps.c:1078:5: error: too many arguments to function ‘ErrorReport’; expected 0, have 1
 1078 |     ErrorReport(PROGRAM_ERR_LVL);
      |     ^~~~~~~~~~~
../include/errors.h:62:13: note: declared here
   62 | extern void ErrorReport();
      |             ^~~~~~~~~~~
blimps.c:1081:5: error: too many arguments to function ‘ErrorReport’; expected 0, have 1
 1081 |     ErrorReport(PROGRAM_ERR_LVL);
      |     ^~~~~~~~~~~
../include/errors.h:62:13: note: declared here
   62 | extern void ErrorReport();
      |             ^~~~~~~~~~~
blimps.c:1084:5: error: too many arguments to function ‘ErrorReport’; expected 0, have 1
 1084 |     ErrorReport(PROGRAM_ERR_LVL);
      |     ^~~~~~~~~~~
../include/errors.h:62:13: note: declared here
   62 | extern void ErrorReport();
      |             ^~~~~~~~~~~
blimps.c:1087:5: error: too many arguments to function ‘ErrorReport’; expected 0, have 1
 1087 |     ErrorReport(PROGRAM_ERR_LVL);
      |     ^~~~~~~~~~~
../include/errors.h:62:13: note: declared here
   62 | extern void ErrorReport();
      |             ^~~~~~~~~~~
blimps.c:1097:3: error: too many arguments to function ‘print_version’; expected 0, have 1
 1097 |   print_version(ofp);
      |   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~
../include/version.h:112:13: note: declared here
  112 | extern void print_version();
      |             ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
blimps.c:1123:38: error: too many arguments to function ‘get_file_name’; expected 0, have 2
 1123 |     fprintf(ofp, "Probe File: %s\n", get_file_name(0, SEQUENCE_FILES));
      |                                      ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~
../include/files.h:121:7: note: declared here
  121 | char *get_file_name();
      |       ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
blimps.c:1126:46: error: too many arguments to function ‘get_file_name’; expected 0, have 2
 1126 |       fprintf(ofp, "Target File (s) : %s\n", get_file_name(0, BLOCK_FILES));
      |                                              ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~
../include/files.h:121:7: note: declared here
  121 | char *get_file_name();
      |       ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
blimps.c:1127:18: error: too many arguments to function ‘number_of_files’; expected 0, have 1
 1127 |       for(i=1; i<number_of_files(BLOCK_FILES); i++) {
      |                  ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
../include/files.h:133:12: note: declared here
  133 | extern int number_of_files();
      |            ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
blimps.c:1128:48: error: too many arguments to function ‘get_file_name’; expected 0, have 2
 1128 |         fprintf(ofp, "                  %s\n", get_file_name(i, BLOCK_FILES));
      |                                                ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~
../include/files.h:121:7: note: declared here
  121 | char *get_file_name();
      |       ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
blimps.c:1132:46: error: too many arguments to function ‘get_file_name’; expected 0, have 2
 1132 |       fprintf(ofp, "Target File (s) : %s\n", get_file_name(0, MATRIX_FILES));
      |                                              ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~
../include/files.h:121:7: note: declared here
  121 | char *get_file_name();
      |       ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
blimps.c:1133:18: error: too many arguments to function ‘number_of_files’; expected 0, have 1
 1133 |       for(i=1; i<number_of_files(MATRIX_FILES); i++) {
      |                  ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
../include/files.h:133:12: note: declared here
  133 | extern int number_of_files();
      |            ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
blimps.c:1134:48: error: too many arguments to function ‘get_file_name’; expected 0, have 2
 1134 |         fprintf(ofp, "                  %s\n", get_file_name(i, MATRIX_FILES));
      |                                                ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~
../include/files.h:121:7: note: declared here
  121 | char *get_file_name();
      |       ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
blimps.c:1150:40: error: too many arguments to function ‘get_file_name’; expected 0, have 2
 1150 |       fprintf(ofp, "Block File: %s\n", get_file_name(0, BLOCK_FILES));
      |                                        ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~
../include/files.h:121:7: note: declared here
  121 | char *get_file_name();
      |       ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
blimps.c:1153:41: error: too many arguments to function ‘get_file_name’; expected 0, have 2
 1153 |       fprintf(ofp, "Matrix File: %s\n", get_file_name(0, MATRIX_FILES));
      |                                         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~
../include/files.h:121:7: note: declared here
  121 | char *get_file_name();
      |       ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
blimps.c:1156:44: error: too many arguments to function ‘get_file_name’; expected 0, have 2
 1156 |     fprintf(ofp, "Target File (s) : %s\n", get_file_name(0, SEQUENCE_FILES));
      |                                            ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~
../include/files.h:121:7: note: declared here
  121 | char *get_file_name();
      |       ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
blimps.c:1157:16: error: too many arguments to function ‘number_of_files’; expected 0, have 1
 1157 |     for(i=1; i<number_of_files(SEQUENCE_FILES); i++) {
      |                ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
../include/files.h:133:12: note: declared here
  133 | extern int number_of_files();
      |            ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
blimps.c:1158:46: error: too many arguments to function ‘get_file_name’; expected 0, have 2
 1158 |       fprintf(ofp, "                  %s\n", get_file_name(i, SEQUENCE_FILES));
      |                                              ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~
../include/files.h:121:7: note: declared here
  121 | char *get_file_name();
      |       ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
blimps.c:1171:48: error: too many arguments to function ‘get_file_name’; expected 0, have 2
 1171 |       fprintf(ofp, "Block File (s) :    %s\n", get_file_name(0, BLOCK_FILES));
      |                                                ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~
../include/files.h:121:7: note: declared here
  121 | char *get_file_name();
      |       ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
blimps.c:1172:18: error: too many arguments to function ‘number_of_files’; expected 0, have 1
 1172 |       for(i=1; i<number_of_files(BLOCK_FILES); i++) {
      |                  ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
../include/files.h:133:12: note: declared here
  133 | extern int number_of_files();
      |            ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
blimps.c:1173:49: error: too many arguments to function ‘get_file_name’; expected 0, have 2
 1173 |         fprintf(ofp, "                   %s\n", get_file_name(i, BLOCK_FILES));
      |                                                 ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~
../include/files.h:121:7: note: declared here
  121 | char *get_file_name();
      |       ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
blimps.c:1177:48: error: too many arguments to function ‘get_file_name’; expected 0, have 2
 1177 |       fprintf(ofp, "Matrix File (s) :    %s\n",get_file_name(0, MATRIX_FILES));
      |                                                ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~
../include/files.h:121:7: note: declared here
  121 | char *get_file_name();
      |       ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
blimps.c:1178:18: error: too many arguments to function ‘number_of_files’; expected 0, have 1
 1178 |       for(i=1; i<number_of_files(MATRIX_FILES); i++) {
      |                  ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
../include/files.h:133:12: note: declared here
  133 | extern int number_of_files();
      |            ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
blimps.c:1179:48: error: too many arguments to function ‘get_file_name’; expected 0, have 2
 1179 |         fprintf(ofp, "                   %s\n",get_file_name(i, MATRIX_FILES));
      |                                                ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~
../include/files.h:121:7: note: declared here
  121 | char *get_file_name();
      |       ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
blimps.c:1184:46: error: too many arguments to function ‘get_file_name’; expected 0, have 2
 1184 |     fprintf(ofp, "Sequence File (s) : %s\n", get_file_name(0, SEQUENCE_FILES));
      |                                              ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~
../include/files.h:121:7: note: declared here
  121 | char *get_file_name();
      |       ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
blimps.c:1185:16: error: too many arguments to function ‘number_of_files’; expected 0, have 1
 1185 |     for(i=1; i<number_of_files(SEQUENCE_FILES); i++) {
      |                ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
../include/files.h:133:12: note: declared here
  133 | extern int number_of_files();
      |            ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
blimps.c:1186:47: error: too many arguments to function ‘get_file_name’; expected 0, have 2
 1186 |       fprintf(ofp, "                   %s\n", get_file_name(i, SEQUENCE_FILES));
      |                                               ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~
../include/files.h:121:7: note: declared here
  121 | char *get_file_name();
      |       ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
blimps.c:1197:3: error: too many arguments to function ‘output_scores’; expected 0, have 2
 1197 |   output_scores(NumberToReport, ofp);
      |   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
scores.h:116:13: note: declared here
  116 | extern void output_scores();
      |             ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
make[2]: *** [<builtin>: blimps.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/blimps'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:17: blimps] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>'
dh_auto_build: error: make -j2 "INSTALL=install --strip-program=true" returned exit code 2
make: *** [debian/rules:13: binary] Error 25
dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules binary subprocess returned exit status 2
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