Bug#844832: yade: FTBFS: build-dependency not installable: libvtk6-dev

[Lucas Nussbaum]

Source: yade
Version: 2016.06a-5
Severity: serious
Tags: stretch sid
User: debian-qa at lists.debian.org
Usertags: qa-ftbfs-20161118 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):
> +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
> | Install package build dependencies                                           |
> +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
> 
> 
> Setup apt archive
> -----------------
> 
> Merged Build-Depends: cmake, debhelper (>= 9), freeglut3-dev, help2man, ipython (>= 5), libboost-all-dev, libbz2-dev, libcgal-dev, libeigen3-dev (>= 3.2.1-2), libgl1-mesa-dev, libgts-dev, libloki-dev, libmetis-dev, libopenblas-dev, libqglviewer-dev-qt5, libsuitesparse-dev, libvtk6-dev, libxi-dev, libxmu-dev, pyqt5-dev-tools, python-all-dev, python-gts, python-imaging, python-matplotlib, python-minieigen, python-numpy, python-sip, python-pyqt5, python-tk, python-xlib, zlib1g-dev, dvipng, graphviz, libjs-jquery, lmodern, python-bibtex, python-sphinx, texlive-fonts-recommended, texlive-generic-extra, texlive-latex-extra, texlive-latex-recommended, texlive-pictures, texlive-xetex, tipa
> Filtered Build-Depends: cmake, debhelper (>= 9), freeglut3-dev, help2man, ipython (>= 5), libboost-all-dev, libbz2-dev, libcgal-dev, libeigen3-dev (>= 3.2.1-2), libgl1-mesa-dev, libgts-dev, libloki-dev, libmetis-dev, libopenblas-dev, libqglviewer-dev-qt5, libsuitesparse-dev, libvtk6-dev, libxi-dev, libxmu-dev, pyqt5-dev-tools, python-all-dev, python-gts, python-imaging, python-matplotlib, python-minieigen, python-numpy, python-sip, python-pyqt5, python-tk, python-xlib, zlib1g-dev, dvipng, graphviz, libjs-jquery, lmodern, python-bibtex, python-sphinx, texlive-fonts-recommended, texlive-generic-extra, texlive-latex-extra, texlive-latex-recommended, texlive-pictures, texlive-xetex, tipa
> dpkg-deb: building package 'sbuild-build-depends-yade-dummy' in '/<<BUILDDIR>>/resolver-dm1LPf/apt_archive/sbuild-build-depends-yade-dummy.deb'.
> dpkg-scanpackages: warning: Packages in archive but missing from override file:
> dpkg-scanpackages: warning:   sbuild-build-depends-yade-dummy
> dpkg-scanpackages: info: Wrote 1 entries to output Packages file.
> Ign:1 copy:/<<BUILDDIR>>/resolver-dm1LPf/apt_archive ./ InRelease
> Get:2 copy:/<<BUILDDIR>>/resolver-dm1LPf/apt_archive ./ Release [963 B]
> Ign:3 copy:/<<BUILDDIR>>/resolver-dm1LPf/apt_archive ./ Release.gpg
> Get:4 copy:/<<BUILDDIR>>/resolver-dm1LPf/apt_archive ./ Sources [645 B]
> Get:5 copy:/<<BUILDDIR>>/resolver-dm1LPf/apt_archive ./ Packages [707 B]
> Fetched 2315 B in 0s (0 B/s)
> Reading package lists...
> W: No sandbox user '_apt' on the system, can not drop privileges
> Reading package lists...
> 
> Install yade build dependencies (apt-based resolver)
> ----------------------------------------------------
> 
> Installing build dependencies
> Reading package lists...
> Building dependency tree...
> Reading state information...
> Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
> requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
> distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
> or been moved out of Incoming.
> The following information may help to resolve the situation:
> 
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  sbuild-build-depends-yade-dummy : Depends: libvtk6-dev but it is not going to be installed
> E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
> apt-get failed.

The full build log is available from:
   http://aws-logs.debian.net/2016/11/18/yade_2016.06a-5_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.