Bug#853243: bibutils FTCBFS: uses the build architecture compiler, runs tests despite DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=nocheck

[David Bremner]

Helmut Grohne <helmut at subdivi.de> writes:

> Source: bibutils
> Version: 4.12-5
> Tags: patch
> User: helmutg at debian.org
> Usertags: rebootstrap
>
> bibutils fails to cross build from source, because it uses the build
> architecture compiler and runs the test suite even when
> DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS contains nocheck. Since dh_auto_build knows how to
> pass cross compilers for the makefile buildsystem, the easiest solution
> for the former problem is to indirect the $(MAKE) invocations through
> dh_auto_build. The other is fixed by the addition of a conditional.
> Please consider applying the attached patch after stretch is released.

Hi Helmut;

Stretch has indeed been released, but this patch doesn't apply cleanly
to the 5.x in experimental. It doesn't look impossible to update the
patch, but if you find the cycles before I do, feel free. BTW I'm about
to look at updating to 5.11 in experimental, then push a bit harder to
get the rdeps to update to 5.x. You might want to let the dust settle a bit.

d