Bug#707499: vte: FTBFS: /usr/bin/pygobject-codegen-2.0: 11: exec: /usr/bin/python2.6: not found

[Lucas Nussbaum]

Source: vte
Version: 1:0.28.2-5
Severity: serious
Tags: jessie sid
User: debian-qa at lists.debian.org
Usertags: qa-ftbfs-20130509 qa-ftbfs
Justification: FTBFS on amd64

Hi,

During a rebuild of all packages in sid, your package failed to build on
amd64.

Relevant part:
> make[3]: Entering directory `/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/build/python2.7/python'
> /bin/bash ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I/«PKGBUILDDIR»/./python -I..  -I../src  -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -pthread -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-2.0/include -I/usr/include/atk-1.0 -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/gdk-pixbuf-2.0 -I/usr/include/gio-unix-2.0/ -I/usr/include/pixman-1 -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libpng12 -I/usr/include/libdrm    -I/usr/include/python2.7 -I/usr/include/python2.7 -pthread -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-2.0/include -I/usr/include/atk-1.0 -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/gdk-pixbuf-2.0 -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/include/gio-unix-2.0/ -I/usr/include/pixman-1 -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libpng12 -I/usr/include/libdrm -I/usr/include/pygtk-2.0    -g -O2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wall   -Wall -Wextra -Wsign-compare -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -Wstrict-prototypes -Waggregate-return -Wcast-align -Wimplicit -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wnested-externs -Wpacked -Wmissing-format-attribute -Wshadow -Wstrict-aliasing=2 -Winit-self -Wunsafe-loop-optimizations -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wold-style-definition -Wno-missing-field-initializers -Wno-unused-parameter -fno-common -Wno-switch-enum -c -o vtemodule_la-vtemodule.lo `test -f 'vtemodule.c' || echo '/«PKGBUILDDIR»/./python/'`vtemodule.c
> libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I/«PKGBUILDDIR»/./python -I.. -I../src -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -pthread -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-2.0/include -I/usr/include/atk-1.0 -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/gdk-pixbuf-2.0 -I/usr/include/gio-unix-2.0/ -I/usr/include/pixman-1 -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libpng12 -I/usr/include/libdrm -I/usr/include/python2.7 -I/usr/include/python2.7 -pthread -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-2.0/include -I/usr/include/atk-1.0 -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/gdk-pixbuf-2.0 -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/include/gio-unix-2.0/ -I/usr/include/pixman-1 -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libpng12 -I/usr/include/libdrm -I/usr/include/pygtk-2.0 -g -O2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wall -Wall -Wextra -Wsign-compare -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -Wstrict-prototypes -Waggregate-return -Wcast-align -Wimplicit -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wnested-externs -Wpacked -Wmissing-format-attribute -Wshadow -Wstrict-aliasing=2 -Winit-self -Wunsafe-loop-optimizations -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wold-style-definition -Wno-missing-field-initializers -Wno-unused-parameter -fno-common -Wno-switch-enum -c /«PKGBUILDDIR»/./python/vtemodule.c  -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/vtemodule_la-vtemodule.o
> In file included from /usr/include/gtk-2.0/gtk/gtk.h:234:0,
>                  from /usr/include/pygtk-2.0/pygtk/pygtk.h:8,
>                  from /«PKGBUILDDIR»/./python/vtemodule.c:24:
> /usr/include/gtk-2.0/gtk/gtkitemfactory.h:47:1: warning: function declaration isn't a prototype [-Wstrict-prototypes]
> libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I/«PKGBUILDDIR»/./python -I.. -I../src -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -pthread -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-2.0/include -I/usr/include/atk-1.0 -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/gdk-pixbuf-2.0 -I/usr/include/gio-unix-2.0/ -I/usr/include/pixman-1 -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libpng12 -I/usr/include/libdrm -I/usr/include/python2.7 -I/usr/include/python2.7 -pthread -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-2.0/include -I/usr/include/atk-1.0 -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/gdk-pixbuf-2.0 -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/include/gio-unix-2.0/ -I/usr/include/pixman-1 -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libpng12 -I/usr/include/libdrm -I/usr/include/pygtk-2.0 -g -O2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wall -Wall -Wextra -Wsign-compare -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -Wstrict-prototypes -Waggregate-return -Wcast-align -Wimplicit -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wnested-externs -Wpacked -Wmissing-format-attribute -Wshadow -Wstrict-aliasing=2 -Winit-self -Wunsafe-loop-optimizations -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wold-style-definition -Wno-missing-field-initializers -Wno-unused-parameter -fno-common -Wno-switch-enum -c /«PKGBUILDDIR»/./python/vtemodule.c -o vtemodule_la-vtemodule.o >/dev/null 2>&1
> (cd /«PKGBUILDDIR»/./python \
> 	 && /usr/bin/pygtk-codegen-2.0 \
>             --register /usr/share/pygtk/2.0/defs/pango-types.defs \
>             --register /usr/share/pygtk/2.0/defs/gdk-types.defs \
>             --register /usr/share/pygtk/2.0/defs/gtk-types.defs \
>             --override vte.override \
>             --prefix pyvte vte.defs) > gen-vte.c \
>         && cp gen-vte.c vte.c \
>         && rm -f gen-vte.c
> note: pygtk-codegen-2.0 is deprecated, use pygobject-codegen-2.0 instead
> note: I will now try to invoke pygobject-codegen-2.0 in the same directory
> /usr/bin/pygobject-codegen-2.0: 11: exec: /usr/bin/python2.6: not found
> make[3]: *** [vte.c] Error 127

The full build log is available from:
   http://people.debian.org/~lucas/logs/2013/05/09/vte_0.28.2-5_unstable.log

A list of current common problems and possible solutions is available at 
http://wiki.debian.org/qa.debian.org/FTBFS . You're welcome to contribute!

About the archive rebuild: The rebuild was done on EC2 VM instances from
Amazon Web Services, using a clean, minimal and up-to-date chroot. Every
failed build was retried once to eliminate random failures.