Bug#906338: blitz++: FTBFS in buster/sid (texi2dvi: pdfetex exited with bad status)

[Santiago Vila]

Package: src:blitz++
Version: 1:1.0.1+ds-2
Severity: serious
Tags: ftbfs

Dear maintainer:

I tried to build this package in buster but it failed:

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[...]
 debian/rules build-indep
dh build-indep -with autoreconf --builddirectory=_build --no-parallel
   dh_update_autotools_config -i -O--builddirectory=_build
   dh_autoreconf -i -O--builddirectory=_build
libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR, 'config'.
libtoolize: copying file 'config/ltmain.sh'
libtoolize: putting macros in AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS, 'm4'.
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/libtool.m4'
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltoptions.m4'
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltsugar.m4'
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltversion.m4'
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/lt~obsolete.m4'
configure.ac:86: installing 'config/compile'
configure.ac:12: installing 'config/config.guess'

[... snipped ...]

(/build/blitz++-jbzMEc/blitz++-1.0.1+ds/doc/arrays-usertype.texi
(/build/blitz++-jbzMEc/blitz++-1.0.1+ds/_build/doc/examples/fixed-point.texi
[63]) (/build/blitz++-jbzMEc/blitz++-1.0.1+ds/_build/doc/examples/fixed.texi)
(/build/blitz++-jbzMEc/blitz++-1.0.1+ds/_build/doc/examples/fixed.out))
Chapter 6 [64] (/build/blitz++-jbzMEc/blitz++-1.0.1+ds/doc/arrays-indirect.texi
 </build/blitz++-jbzMEc/blitz++-1.0.1+ds/doc/indirect.pdf> [65] [66] [67])
Chapter 7 [68] (/build/blitz++-jbzMEc/blitz++-1.0.1+ds/doc/tinyvector.texi
[69]) Chapter 8 [70] (/build/blitz++-jbzMEc/blitz++-1.0.1+ds/doc/parallel.texi)
 Chapter 9 [71] [72] (/build/blitz++-jbzMEc/blitz++-1.0.1+ds/doc/random.texi
[73] [74] [75]) Chapter 10 [76]
(/build/blitz++-jbzMEc/blitz++-1.0.1+ds/doc/numinquire.texi [77] [78])
Chapter 11 [79] [80] (/build/blitz++-jbzMEc/blitz++-1.0.1+ds/doc/faq.texi
[81] [82]) (Blitz Keyword Index) [83] [84]
No file blitz.fns.
(Concept Index) [85] [86]
No file blitz.cps.
[87] [88] )
(see the transcript file for additional information)</usr/share/texlive/texmf-d
ist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmb10.pfb></usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fon
ts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmbx12.pfb></usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/typ
e1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmex10.pfb></usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/pub
lic/amsfonts/cm/cmmi10.pfb></usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/am
sfonts/cm/cmmi7.pfb></usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/
cm/cmr10.pfb></usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmr1
2.pfb></usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmr5.pfb></
usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmr7.pfb></usr/shar
e/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmr9.pfb></usr/share/texliv
e/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmsl10.pfb></usr/share/texlive/texm
f-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmsy10.pfb></usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist
/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmsy7.pfb></usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/
type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmti10.pfb></usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/
public/amsfonts/cm/cmtt10.pfb></usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public
/amsfonts/cm/cmtt12.pfb></usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfo
nts/cm/cmtt9.pfb>
Output written on blitz.pdf (94 pages, 501569 bytes).
Transcript written on blitz.log.
/usr/bin/texi2dvi: pdfetex exited with bad status, quitting.
make[4]: *** [Makefile:615: blitz.pdf] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory '/build/blitz++-jbzMEc/blitz++-1.0.1+ds/_build/doc'
make[3]: *** [Makefile:754: pdf-recursive] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory '/build/blitz++-jbzMEc/blitz++-1.0.1+ds/_build/doc'
make[2]: *** [Makefile:562: pdf-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory '/build/blitz++-jbzMEc/blitz++-1.0.1+ds/_build'
make[1]: *** [debian/rules:29: override_dh_auto_build-indep] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/build/blitz++-jbzMEc/blitz++-1.0.1+ds'
make: *** [debian/rules:13: build-indep] Error 2
dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules build-indep subprocess returned exit status 2
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The build was made with "dpkg-buildpackage -A" in my autobuilder.
Most probably, it also fails here in reproducible builds:

https://tests.reproducible-builds.org/debian/rb-pkg/unstable/amd64/blitz++.html

where you can get a full build log if you need it.

If this is really a bug in one of the build-depends, please use reassign and affects,
so that this is still visible in the BTS web page for this package.

Thanks.