[Pkg-electronics-devel] Bug#1090785: can't open file /usr/share/verilator/bin/verilator_includer

[Larry Doolittle]

Package: verilator
Version: 5.030-1
Severity: serious

Attempting to build actual verilated executables always crashes with
  python3: can't open file '/usr/share/verilator/bin/verilator_includer'

How to reproduce:
On a system with git build-essential verilator installed,
  git clone https://github.com/BerkeleyLab/Bedrock
  cd Bedrock/projects/test_marble_family/pps_lock
  make pll_sim_check
expect
  verilator --trace-fst -Wno-PINMISSING -Wno-WIDTH -Wno-PINCONNECTEMPTY -DSIMULATE -Gcount_period=125000 -cc --exe pll_sim.cpp tt800.c pps_lock.v pps_loop_filter.v
  [abstruse chatter]
  ./Vpps_lock +fir_enable
  saving curve to sim_lock.dat
  stat_n = 30   stat_v = 95   rms = 7.118 ns
  PASS
but with Verilator 5.030 2024-10-27 rev (Debian 5.030-1) currently in trixie,
it ends with
  python3: can't open file '/usr/share/verilator/bin/verilator_includer': [Errno 2] No such file or directory
  make[1]: *** [/usr/share/verilator/include/verilated.mk:210: Vpps_lock__ALL.cpp] Error 2
  make[1]: Leaving directory '/redacted/pps_lock/obj_dir'
  make: *** [Makefile:33: Vpps_lock] Error 2

This is a non-reduced but straightforward real-world example.
Every real simulation I've tried to build gives the same fault.

This bug is somewhat related to Debian bug #1071425.
Both originate in the upstream issue
  Installation of architecture specific binaries isn't FHS compatible
  https://github.com/verilator/verilator/issues/5140
The files that verilator should add to /usr/bin are
  verilator
  verilator_bin
  verilator_bin_dbg
  verilator_ccache_report
  verilator_coverage
  verilator_coverage_bin_dbg
  verilator_difftree
  verilator_gantt
  verilator_includer
  verilator_profcfunc
but Debian verilator 5.030-1 manages to leave out verilator_ccache_report verilator_difftree verilator_includer.
The omitted files are all python programs,
as opposed to the perl programs that are properly placed /usr/bin.

INADD.  It would take me a while to come up with a packaging fix.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: trixie/sid
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)