Bug#806871: qtiplot: FTBFS when built with dpkg-buildpackage -A (pdflatex failed)

[Santiago Vila]

Package: src:qtiplot
Version: 0.9.8.9-10
User: sanvila at debian.org
Usertags: binary-indep
Severity: important

Dear maintainer:

I tried to build this package with "dpkg-buildpackage -A"
(i.e. only architecture-independent packages), and it failed:

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[...]
 debian/rules build-indep
dh build-indep --parallel --with python2
   dh_testdir -i -O--parallel
   debian/rules override_dh_auto_configure
make[1]: Entering directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>'
rm -f build.conf
cp build.conf.example build.conf
mkdir -p icons/48x48
mkdir -p icons/128x128
cp qtiplot_logo.png icons/128x128/qtiplot.png
convert qtiplot_logo.png -resize 48x48 icons/48x48/qtiplot.png
dh_auto_configure

[... snipped ...]

index.docbook.tex:5960: Paragraph ended before \GTS at TestRightLabel was complete.
index.docbook.tex:5960: leading text: \caption\label
index.docbook.tex:5960: Undefined control sequence \GTS at Nil.
index.docbook.tex:5960: leading text: \caption\label
index.docbook.tex:5960: Undefined control sequence \@nil.
index.docbook.tex:5960: leading text: \caption\label
index.docbook.tex:5960: Paragraph ended before \GTS at TestRightSpace was complete.
index.docbook.tex:5960: leading text: \caption\label
index.docbook.tex:5960: Undefined control sequence \GTS at Nil.
index.docbook.tex:5960: leading text: \caption\label
index.docbook.tex:5960: Undefined control sequence \GTS at Nil.
index.docbook.tex:5960: leading text: \caption\label
index.docbook.tex:5960: Undefined control sequence \@nil.
index.docbook.tex:5960: leading text: \caption\label
index.docbook.tex:5960: Argument of \label has an extra }.
index.docbook.tex:5960: leading text: \caption\label
index.docbook.tex:5960: Paragraph ended before \label was complete.
index.docbook.tex:5960: leading text: \caption\label
index.docbook.aux:1360: Paragraph ended before \newlabel was complete.
index.docbook.aux:1360: leading text: \newlabel{}{{5.56}{130}{\par
index.docbook.aux:1360: Extra }, or forgotten \endgroup.
index.docbook.aux:1360: leading text: \newlabel{}{{5.56}{130}{\par }
index.docbook.aux:1360: Extra }, or forgotten \endgroup.
index.docbook.aux:1360: leading text: ...bel{}{{5.56}{130}{\par }{figure.5.56}{}}
index.docbook.aux:1366: Paragraph ended before \newlabel was complete.
index.docbook.aux:1366: leading text: \newlabel{}{{5.57}{131}{\par
index.docbook.aux:1366: Extra }, or forgotten \endgroup.
index.docbook.aux:1366: leading text: \newlabel{}{{5.57}{131}{\par }
index.docbook.aux:1366: Extra }, or forgotten \endgroup.
index.docbook.aux:1366: leading text: ...bel{}{{5.57}{131}{\par }{figure.5.57}{}}
Unexpected error occured
Error: pdflatex compilation failed
Makefile:13: recipe for target 'pdf' failed
make[2]: *** [pdf] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/manual'
debian/rules:34: recipe for target 'override_dh_auto_build-indep' failed
make[1]: *** [override_dh_auto_build-indep] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>'
debian/rules:13: recipe for target 'build-indep' failed
make: *** [build-indep] Error 2
dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules build-indep gave error exit status 2
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Sorry not to have a fix, as I am reporting many bugs similar to
this one. The common hints are:

* If the only architecture-independent packages are dummy transitional
ones and they were released with jessie, the easy fix is to drop them
now.

* When using "dh", it is allowed to use (independently)
optional targets override_dh_foo-arch and override_dh_foo-indep
(for several values of "foo").


Once that both "dpkg-buildpackage -A" and "dpkg-buildpackage -B" work
properly, the package would be suitable to be uploaded in source-only
form if you wish.

Thanks.