Bug#1105423: ncl: FTBFS with make --shuffle=reverse: make[2]: *** No rule to make target 'depend'. Stop.

[Lucas Nussbaum]

Source: ncl
Version: 6.6.2.dfsg.1-10
Severity: minor
Tags: trixie sid ftbfs
User: lucas at debian.org
Usertags: ftbfs-shuffle

Hi,

GNU Make now has a --shuffle option that simulates non-deterministic ordering
of target prerequisites. See
https://trofi.github.io/posts/238-new-make-shuffle-mode.html and also previous
work in Debian by Santiago Vila:
https://people.debian.org/~sanvila/make-shuffle/

This package fails to build with make --shuffle=reverse.
This is likely to be caused by a missing dependency in
debian/rules or an upstream Makefile.

More information about this mass bug filing is available at
https://wiki.debian.org/qa.debian.org/FTBFS/Shuffle

Relevant part (hopefully):
> make[2]: Entering directory '/build/reproducible-path/ncl-6.6.2.dfsg.1/config'
> <builtin>: update target 'ymake-filter.o' due to: target does not exist
> cc -O -Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -DH5_USE_110_API    -c -o ymake-filter.o ymake-filter.c
> Makefile.ini:27: update target 'ymake-filter' due to: target does not exist
> cc -O -o ymake-filter ymake-filter.o
> Makefile.ini:30: update target 'clean' due to: target does not exist
> rm -f ymake-filter ymake-filter.o core
> make[2]: Leaving directory '/build/reproducible-path/ncl-6.6.2.dfsg.1/config'
> 
> Continuing in: /build/reproducible-path/ncl-6.6.2.dfsg.1
> ./config/ymake-filter: Command not found.
> 
> 	You have completed the configuration process. Once you exit this
> 	program you may initiate the installation procedure by typing:
> 
> 		make Everything >& make-output &
> 
> 	You can watch the output with:
> 
> 		tail -f make-output
> 
> 	If this is not your first installation attempt, and you simply 
> 	made some changes in the configuration, restart the process using:
> 
> 		make All >>& make-output &
> 	
> 	This command does not erase object code that has already
> 	been compiled.
> 
> 	Both of these commands run the installation procedure
> 	in the background, and you can track its progress
> 	by periodically examining the file "make-output" while 
> 	the installation proceeds.
> 
> /usr/bin/make Makefiles includes depend
> make[2]: Entering directory '/build/reproducible-path/ncl-6.6.2.dfsg.1'
> make[2]: *** No rule to make target 'depend'.  Stop.
> make[2]: Leaving directory '/build/reproducible-path/ncl-6.6.2.dfsg.1'
> make[1]: *** [debian/rules:119: override_dh_auto_build] Error 2 shuffle=reverse


The full build log is available from:
http://qa-logs.debian.net/2025/05/05/shuffle/reverse/ncl_6.6.2.dfsg.1-10_unstable_reverse.log

If you reassign this bug to another package, please mark it as 'affects'-ing
this package. See https://www.debian.org/Bugs/server-control#affects