Bug#908105: v-sim FTBFS: Error: v_sim: identifier not found on the first line

[Simon McVittie]

On Thu, 06 Sep 2018 at 10:58:35 +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> Source: v-sim
> Version: 3.7.2-6
> Severity: serious
> Tags: ftbfs
> 
> https://tests.reproducible-builds.org/debian/rb-pkg/unstable/amd64/v-sim.html
> 
> ...
> extensions/box.c:63: Error: v_sim: identifier not found on the first line:
>  * SECTION:box legend
>    ^

I'm not sure whether the root cause of the FTBFS is that error, or
this one:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/g-ir-scanner", line 100, in <module>
    sys.exit(scanner_main(sys.argv))
  File "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gobject-introspection/giscanner/scannermain.py", line 579, in scanner_main
    shlibs = create_binary(transformer, options, args)
  File "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gobject-introspection/giscanner/scannermain.py", line 419, in create_binary
    shlibs = resolve_shlibs(options, binary, options.libraries)
  File "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gobject-introspection/giscanner/shlibs.py", line 168, in resolve_shlibs
    _resolve_non_libtool(options, binary, non_libtool))
  File "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gobject-introspection/giscanner/shlibs.py", line 104, in _resolve_non_libtool
    output = subprocess.check_output(args)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/subprocess.py", line 411, in check_output
    **kwargs).stdout
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/subprocess.py", line 512, in run
    output=stdout, stderr=stderr)
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['ldd', './v_sim']' returned non-zero exit status 1.
make[3]: *** [Makefile:2186: v_sim-3.7.gir] Error 1

(Perhaps either would have been fatal. Either way, it fails to build
from source.)

    smcv