Bug#955076: python-periodictable: FTBFS with Sphinx 2.4: mv: cannot stat '*.png': No such file or directory

[Lucas Nussbaum]

Source: python-periodictable
Version: 1.5.2-2
Severity: important
Tags: ftbfs
User: python-modules-team at lists.alioth.debian.org
Usertags: sphinx2.4

Hi,

python-periodictable fails to build with Sphinx 2.4, currently available in
experimental.

Relevant part (hopefully):
> make[1]: Entering directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>'
> cd build/texinfo; \
> for p in *.png; do mv $p periodictable-$p; done; \
> sed "s/@image{/@image{periodictable-/" -i periodictable.texi; \
> makeinfo periodictable.texi
> mv: cannot stat '*.png': No such file or directory
> periodictable.texi:233: warning: could not find @image file `periodictable-periodictable-figures/sld_plot1.txt' nor alternate text
> periodictable.texi:432: warning: could not find @image file `periodictable-periodictable-figures/magnetic_ff1.txt' nor alternate text
> periodictable.texi:3335: warning: could not find @image file `periodictable-periodictable-figures/density_plot1.txt' nor alternate text
> dh_installinfo
> dh_installinfo: error: Cannot find (any matches for) "build/texinfo/periodictable-*.png" (tried in ., debian/tmp)
> 
> make[1]: *** [debian/rules:27: override_dh_installinfo] Error 25

The full build log is available from:
   http://qa-logs.debian.net/2020/03/26/python-periodictable_1.5.2-2_unstable_sphinx243.log

Please see [1] for Sphinx changelog, which may give a hint of what changes in
Sphinx caused this error.

Also see [2] for the list of deprecated/removed APIs and possible alternatives
to them.

Sphinx 2.4 is going to be uploaded to unstable in a couple of weeks. When that
happens, the severity of this bug will be bumped to serious.

In case you have questions, please Cc sphinx at packages.debian.org on reply.

[1]: https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/2.0/changes.html
[2]: https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/2.0/extdev/deprecated.html#dev-deprecated-apis

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.