Bug#803261: jsurf-alggeo: FTBFS: help2man: can't get `--help' info from ./debian/jsurf-alggeo/usr/bin/jsurf-alggeo

[Chris Lamb]

Source: jsurf-alggeo
Version: 0.1.4+ds-1
Severity: serious
Justification: fails to build from source
User: reproducible-builds at lists.alioth.debian.org
Usertags: ftbfs
X-Debbugs-Cc: reproducible-builds at lists.alioth.debian.org

Dear Maintainer,

jsurf-alggeo fails to build from source in unstable/amd64:

  [..]

  jh_exec
  /usr/bin/make -f debian/adhoc/Makefile manpages
  make[2]: Entering directory '/build/jsurf-alggeo-0.1.4+ds'
  help2man \
  		-s 1 \
  		--manual="IMAGINARY" --source="jsurf-alggeo 0.1.4+ds-1"
  		--version-string="0.1.4+ds-1" --no-info \
  		-I debian/man/jsurf-alggeo.h2m \
  		-n  "Java based renderer for ALGebraic GEOmetric
  		SURFaces" \
  		-o jsurf-alggeo.1 \
  	./debian/jsurf-alggeo/usr/bin/jsurf-alggeo
  help2man: can't get `--help' info from
  ./debian/jsurf-alggeo/usr/bin/jsurf-alggeo
  Try `--no-discard-stderr' if option outputs to stderr
  debian/adhoc/Makefile:18: recipe for target 'jsurf-alggeo.1' failed
  make[2]: *** [jsurf-alggeo.1] Error 2
  make[2]: Leaving directory '/build/jsurf-alggeo-0.1.4+ds'
  debian/rules:28: recipe for target 'override_jh_exec' failed
  make[1]: *** [override_jh_exec] Error 2
  make[1]: Leaving directory '/build/jsurf-alggeo-0.1.4+ds'
  debian/rules:14: recipe for target 'binary' failed
  make: *** [binary] Error 2
  dpkg-buildpackage: error: fakeroot debian/rules binary gave error exit
  status 2

  [..]

The full build log is attached or (an alternate build) can be viewed
here:

    https://reproducible.debian.net/logs/unstable/amd64/jsurf-alggeo_0.1.4+ds-1.build1.log.gz


Regards,

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