[Pkg-electronics-devel] Bug#1119746: linux-gpib-user: FTBFS: openjade:I: maximum number of errors (200) reached; change with -E option

[Santiago Vila]

tags 1119746 patch
retitle 1119746 linux-gpib-user: FTBFS: Missing build-dependency on docbook
thanks

On Fri, Nov 21, 2025 at 12:06:38AM +0100, Santiago Vila wrote:

> A) this was a bug in the old apt, the new apt is actually right in not installing "docbook",
> and this is also a bug in your package, which should build-depend on "docbook".
> 
> B) this is only a bug in the new apt, which should install "docbook" but it does not.

Note: I read here:

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1113744

that the new algorithm is "less greedy" so I guess it's probably option (A).

Trivial patch (beware: still untested) below.

Thanks.

diff -ru linux-gpib-user-4.3.7/debian/control linux-gpib-user-4.3.7.new/debian/control
--- linux-gpib-user-4.3.7/debian/control	2025-10-13 19:19:04.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-gpib-user-4.3.7.new/debian/control	2025-11-21 00:51:02.654916346 +0100
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
  pybuild-plugin-pyproject,
  python3-all-dev,
  python3-setuptools,
+ docbook,
  docbook-utils,
  docbook-xml,
  docbook-xsl-ns,