Bug#724212: glpk: FTBFS: configure.ac:64: error: required file './compile' not found

[David Suárez]

Source: glpk
Version: 4.45-1
Severity: serious
Tags: jessie sid
User: debian-qa at lists.debian.org
Usertags: qa-ftbfs-20130922 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):
>  debian/rules build
> debian/rules:20: warning: overriding commands for target `debian/stamp-autotools-files'
> /usr/share/cdbs/1/class/autotools-files.mk:51: warning: ignoring old commands for target `debian/stamp-autotools-files'
> test -x debian/rules
> mkdir -p "."
> /usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/buildcore.mk:109: WARNING:  DEB_DH_STRIP_ARGS is a deprecated variable
> /usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/buildcore.mk:109: WARNING:  DEB_COMPRESS_EXCLUDE is a deprecated variable
> if test -e /usr/share/misc/config.guess ; then \
> 		for i in ./config.guess ; do \
> 			if ! test -e $i.cdbs-orig ; then \
> 				mv $i $i.cdbs-orig ; \
> 				cp --remove-destination /usr/share/misc/config.guess $i ; \
> 			fi ; \
> 		done ; \
> 	fi
> if test -e /usr/share/misc/config.sub ; then \
> 		for i in ./config.sub ; do \
> 			if ! test -e $i.cdbs-orig ; then \
> 				mv $i $i.cdbs-orig ; \
> 				cp --remove-destination /usr/share/misc/config.sub $i ; \
> 			fi ; \
> 		done ; \
> 	fi
> libtoolize
> libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in `.'.
> libtoolize: linking file `./ltmain.sh'
> libtoolize: putting macros in AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR, `m4'.
> libtoolize: linking file `m4/libtool.m4'
> libtoolize: linking file `m4/ltoptions.m4'
> libtoolize: linking file `m4/ltversion.m4'
> libtoolize: linking file `m4/lt~obsolete.m4'
> autoreconf
> configure.ac:64: error: required file './compile' not found
> configure.ac:64:   'automake --add-missing' can install 'compile'
> examples/Makefile.am:3: warning: 'INCLUDES' is the old name for 'AM_CPPFLAGS' (or '*_CPPFLAGS')
> src/Makefile.am:3: warning: 'INCLUDES' is the old name for 'AM_CPPFLAGS' (or '*_CPPFLAGS')
> src/Makefile.am:10: warning: source file 'amd/amd_1.c' is in a subdirectory,
> src/Makefile.am:10: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled
> automake: warning: possible forward-incompatibility.
> automake: At least a source file is in a subdirectory, but the 'subdir-objects'
> automake: automake option hasn't been enabled.  For now, the corresponding output
> automake: object file(s) will be placed in the top-level directory.  However,
> automake: this behaviour will change in future Automake versions: they will
> automake: unconditionally cause object files to be placed in the same subdirectory
> automake: of the corresponding sources.
> automake: You are advised to start using 'subdir-objects' option throughout your
> automake: project, to avoid future incompatibilities.
> src/Makefile.am:10: warning: source file 'amd/amd_2.c' is in a subdirectory,
> src/Makefile.am:10: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled
> src/Makefile.am:10: warning: source file 'amd/amd_aat.c' is in a subdirectory,
> src/Makefile.am:10: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled
> src/Makefile.am:10: warning: source file 'amd/amd_control.c' is in a subdirectory,
> src/Makefile.am:10: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled
> src/Makefile.am:10: warning: source file 'amd/amd_defaults.c' is in a subdirectory,
> src/Makefile.am:10: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled
> src/Makefile.am:10: warning: source file 'amd/amd_dump.c' is in a subdirectory,
> src/Makefile.am:10: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled
> src/Makefile.am:10: warning: source file 'amd/amd_info.c' is in a subdirectory,
> src/Makefile.am:10: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled
> src/Makefile.am:10: warning: source file 'amd/amd_order.c' is in a subdirectory,
> src/Makefile.am:10: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled
> src/Makefile.am:10: warning: source file 'amd/amd_post_tree.c' is in a subdirectory,
> src/Makefile.am:10: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled
> src/Makefile.am:10: warning: source file 'amd/amd_postorder.c' is in a subdirectory,
> src/Makefile.am:10: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled
> src/Makefile.am:10: warning: source file 'amd/amd_preprocess.c' is in a subdirectory,
> src/Makefile.am:10: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled
> src/Makefile.am:10: warning: source file 'amd/amd_valid.c' is in a subdirectory,
> src/Makefile.am:10: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled
> src/Makefile.am:10: warning: source file 'colamd/colamd.c' is in a subdirectory,
> src/Makefile.am:10: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled
> autoreconf: automake failed with exit status: 1
> make: *** [debian/stamp-autotools-files] Error 1

The full build log is available from:
   http://aws-logs.debian.net/ftbfs-logs/2013/09/22/glpk_4.45-1_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.