Bug#917672: yp-svipc: FTBFS: python/svipc_module.c:869:28: error: expected expression before ')' token

[Lucas Nussbaum]

Source: yp-svipc
Version: 0.16-2
Severity: serious
Justification: FTBFS on amd64
Tags: buster sid
Usertags: ftbfs-20181229 ftbfs-buster

Hi,

During a rebuild of all packages in sid, your package failed to build
on amd64.

Relevant part (hopefully):
> make[1]: Entering directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>'
> py3versions: no X-Python3-Version in control file, using supported versions
> dh_auto_build
> dh_auto_build: Please use the third-party "pybuild" build system instead of python-distutils
> dh_auto_build: This feature will be removed in compat 12.
> pyversions: missing X(S)-Python-Version in control file, fall back to debian/pyversions
> pyversions: missing debian/pyversions file, fall back to supported versions
> 	python setup.py build --force
> running build
> running config_cc
> unifing config_cc, config, build_clib, build_ext, build commands --compiler options
> running config_fc
> unifing config_fc, config, build_clib, build_ext, build commands --fcompiler options
> running build_src
> build_src
> building extension "svipc" sources
> build_src: building npy-pkg config files
> running build_ext
> customize UnixCCompiler
> customize UnixCCompiler using build_ext
> building 'svipc' extension
> compiling C sources
> C compiler: x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc -pthread -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fno-strict-aliasing -g -O2 -fdebug-prefix-map=/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>=. -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fPIC
> 
> creating build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/common
> creating build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/python
> compile options: '-DPYTHON_SVIPC_VERSION=\"0.16\" -DSVIPC_NOSEGFUNC -Icommon -I/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy/core/include -I/usr/include/python2.7 -c'
> x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc: python/svipc_module.c
> x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc: common/svipc_misc.c
> <command-line>: warning: missing terminating " character
> <command-line>: warning: missing terminating " character
> x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc: common/svipc_msq.c
> <command-line>: warning: missing terminating " character
> python/svipc_module.c: In function 'initsvipc':
> <command-line>: error: stray '\' in program
> python/svipc_module.c:869:8: note: in expansion of macro 'PYTHON_SVIPC_VERSION'
>         PYTHON_SVIPC_VERSION);
>         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> <command-line>: error: missing terminating " character
> python/svipc_module.c:869:8: note: in expansion of macro 'PYTHON_SVIPC_VERSION'
>         PYTHON_SVIPC_VERSION);
>         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> python/svipc_module.c:869:28: error: expected expression before ')' token
>         PYTHON_SVIPC_VERSION);
>                             ^
> x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc: common/svipc_shm.c
> <command-line>: warning: missing terminating " character
> error: Command "x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc -pthread -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fno-strict-aliasing -g -O2 -fdebug-prefix-map=/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>=. -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fPIC -DPYTHON_SVIPC_VERSION=\"0.16\" -DSVIPC_NOSEGFUNC -Icommon -I/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy/core/include -I/usr/include/python2.7 -c python/svipc_module.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/python/svipc_module.o -MMD -MF build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/python/svipc_module.o.d" failed with exit status 1
> dh_auto_build: python setup.py build --force returned exit code 1
> make[1]: *** [debian/rules:23: override_dh_auto_build] Error 1

The full build log is available from:
   http://aws-logs.debian.net/2018/12/29/yp-svipc_0.16-2_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.