Bug#848784: petsc: FTBFS: make[2]: *** No rule to make target '/<<BUILDDIR>>/petsc-3.7.4+dfsg1/x86_64-linux-gnu-real-debug/lib/petsc/conf/petscrules'. Stop.

[Lucas Nussbaum]

Source: petsc
Version: 3.7.4+dfsg1-7
Severity: serious
Tags: stretch sid
User: debian-qa at lists.debian.org
Usertags: qa-ftbfs-20161219 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):
> make[2]: Entering directory '/<<BUILDDIR>>/petsc-3.7.4+dfsg1'
> makefile:15: x86_64-linux-gnu-real-debug/lib/petsc/conf/petscvariables: No such file or directory
> /<<BUILDDIR>>/petsc-3.7.4+dfsg1/lib/petsc/conf/variables:117: /<<BUILDDIR>>/petsc-3.7.4+dfsg1/x86_64-linux-gnu-real-debug/lib/petsc/conf/petscvariables: No such file or directory
> /<<BUILDDIR>>/petsc-3.7.4+dfsg1/lib/petsc/conf/rules:980: /<<BUILDDIR>>/petsc-3.7.4+dfsg1/x86_64-linux-gnu-real-debug/lib/petsc/conf/petscrules: No such file or directory
> make[2]: *** No rule to make target '/<<BUILDDIR>>/petsc-3.7.4+dfsg1/x86_64-linux-gnu-real-debug/lib/petsc/conf/petscrules'.  Stop.
> make[2]: Leaving directory '/<<BUILDDIR>>/petsc-3.7.4+dfsg1'
> dh_auto_build: make -j1 PETSC_DIR=/<<BUILDDIR>>/petsc-3.7.4+dfsg1 PETSC_ARCH=x86_64-linux-gnu-real-debug returned exit code 2
> debian/rules:208: recipe for target 'override_dh_auto_build' failed
> make[1]: *** [override_dh_auto_build] Error 2

The full build log is available from:
   http://aws-logs.debian.net/2016/12/19/petsc_3.7.4+dfsg1-7_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.