Bug#713794: vtk: FTBFS: make[2]: *** [Wrapping/CMakeFiles/vtkWrapPython.dir/all] Error 2

[Dmitrijs Ledkovs]

On 26 June 2013 08:59, Julien Cristau <julien.cristau at logilab.fr> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 22:34:11 +0100, Dmitrijs Ledkovs wrote:
>
>> tag 713794 patch pending
>> thanks
>>
>> Uploaded into delayed/5 queue.
>>
> Your patch is missing a versioned dependency on python2.7 (and dpkg-dev
> 1.16.1).  It's also terrible that the path isn't detected automatically.
>

I disagree that versioned build-dependency on dpkg-dev is required,
and it's wrong for uploads to be rejected on that basis.
Also, please explain why a versioned dependency on python2.7 is
needed, and whether you mean build-dep or dep.
FindPythonLibs.cmake module correctly detects proper python paths and
can be hinted which version should be preferred (in case when multiple
pythons are available).
It's terrible that maintainer/upstream did not choose to use standard
cmake interface.
I just provided a minimal patch to resolve the issue.

Regards,

Dmitrijs.