Bug#1025183: silx: (autopkgtest) needs update for python3.11: Segmentation fault

[Adrian Bunk]

On Sat, Dec 03, 2022 at 10:06:21PM +1100, Stuart Prescott wrote:
> It appears that src:silx FTBFS at present too. The failure is during
> building the docs with python3.10, meaning that this failure predates
> python3.11.
> 
> The failing line is:
> 
> # build the documentation
> pybuild --build -s custom -p 3.10 --build-args="cd doc && env
> PYTHONPATH={build_dir} http_proxy='127.0.0.1:9' xvfb-run -a
> --server-args=\"-screen 0 1024x768x24\" {interpreter} -m sphinx -N -bhtml
> source build/html"
> I: pybuild base:240: cd doc && env PYTHONPATH=/build/silx-pvssnu/silx-1.1.0+dfsg/.pybuild/cpython3_3.10_silx/build
> http_proxy='127.0.0.1:9' xvfb-run -a --server-args="-screen 0 1024x768x24"
> python3.10 -m sphinx -N -bhtml source build/html
> Running Sphinx v4.5.0
> [...snip...]
> reading sources... [ 92%] modules/sx
> qt.qpa.xcb: could not connect to display :109
> qt.qpa.plugin: Could not load the Qt platform plugin "xcb" in "" even though
> it was found.
> This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be
> initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.
> 
> Available platform plugins are: eglfs, linuxfb, minimal, minimalegl,
> offscreen, vnc, xcb.
> 
> Aborted (core dumped)

This doesn't happen for me or in the reproducible CI,
it might be (or was) a bug that only triggers in some setups?

cu
Adrian