[Pkg-electronics-devel] geda-gaf build fails om 'all' ?!

[أحمد المحمودي]

On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 07:30:17PM +0200, Carsten Schoenert wrote:
> I even don't get a normal 'any' build successfully finished ...

It builds fine on 'any' archs on the buildds, see:
https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=geda-gaf&arch=amd64&ver=1%3A1.8.2-7&stamp=1531713226&raw=0

> > ...
> > rm -rf $backupdir; exit $rc
> > /build/geda-gaf-1.8.2/build-tools/missing: line 81: makeinfo: command not found
> > WARNING: 'makeinfo' is missing on your system.
> >          You should only need it if you modified a '.texi' file, or
> >          any other file indirectly affecting the aspect of the manual.
> >          You might want to install the Texinfo package:
> >          <http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/>
> >          The spurious makeinfo call might also be the consequence of
> >          using a buggy 'make' (AIX, DU, IRIX), in which case you might
> >          want to install GNU make:
> >          <http://www.gnu.org/software/make/>

I didn't get such an error when building, nor do I see this in the 
buildd build logs.

> I guess this script is slighty out of date!
> 
> > root at i5:/build/geda-gaf-1.8.2# grep ^scriptversion /build/geda-gaf-1.8.2/build-tools/missing
> > scriptversion=2013-10-28.13; # UTC

Shouldn't dh_update_autotools_config and/or dh_autoreconf update it ?

> Right in the beginning of the build autoreconf is also mentioning some
> warnings.
> 
> > configure.ac:63: warning: The 'AM_PROG_MKDIR_P' macro is deprecated, and its use is discouraged.
> > configure.ac:63: You should use the Autoconf-provided 'AC_PROG_MKDIR_P' macro instead,
> > configure.ac:63: and use '$(MKDIR_P)' instead of '$(mkdir_p)'in your Makefile.am files.

Again, I didn't get such an warning when building, nor do I see this in 
the buildd build logs.

Maybe you need to update the cowbuilder sid image on your system ?

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