Bug#1139889: armci-mpi: test compilation failure in autopkgtest - fatal error: mpi.h: No such file or directory

[Niels Thykier]

# https://salsa.debian.org/science-team/armci-mpi/-/merge_requests/1
Control: tags -1 patch

Hi,

I was made aware of 
https://salsa.debian.org/science-team/armci-mpi/-/merge_requests/1 after 
filing this, which seems to be a fix for this problem.

Best regards,
Niels


On Sat, 13 Jun 2026 07:41:55 +0200 Niels Thykier <niels at thykier.net> wrote:
> Package: armci-mpi
> Version: 0.4-8
> Severity: serious
> Tags: ftbfs
> X-Debbugs-Cc: niels at thykier.net,sanvila at debian.org,helmut at subdivi.de
> Control: affects -1 src:debhelper
> 
> Hi,
> 
> (CC: Helmut and Santiago because the failure looks similar to ~2 of the 
> FTBFS one-liners from Santiago on June 9th. Thought it might be 
> unrelated - this build seems to be based on autotools in case it matters)
> 
> The armci-mpi package has an autopkgtest called "test-armci" that fail 
> due to a compilation error:
> 
> >  57s /bin/bash ./libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I./src  -I./src -Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2  -I/usr/include -c -o src/buffer.lo src/buffer.c
> >  57s libtool: compile:  x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I./src -I./src -Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -I/usr/include -c src/buffer.c -o src/buffer.o
> >  57s In file included from src/buffer.c:10:
> >  57s ./src/armci.h:8:10: fatal error: mpi.h: No such file or directory
> >  57s     8 | #include <mpi.h>
> >  57s       |          ^~~~~~~
> >  57s compilation terminated.
> >  57s make: *** [Makefile:1791: src/buffer.lo] Error 1
> 
> https://ci.debian.net/packages/a/armci-mpi/testing/amd64/71972381/#S5
> 
> This was triggered after an upload of `debhelper`. I am unsure whether 
> the debhelper upload caused this problem or just happened to be the 
> first trigger after the problem occurred elsewhere.
> 
> Best regards,
> Niels
>