Bug#924757: anjuta: clean after build deletes libanjuta/interfaces/Makefile.am.gir which is not regenerated

[Jeremy Bicha]

On Sat, Mar 16, 2019 at 6:54 PM Andreas Beckmann <anbe at debian.org> wrote:
> Source: anjuta
> Version: 2:3.28.0-6
> Severity: serious
> Justification: fails to build from source (but built successfully in the past)
>
> Hi,
>
> anjuta/experimental fails to build twice in a row. The first build
> succeeds, but the subsequent clean deletes
> libanjuta/interfaces/Makefile.am.gir which is not regenerated during the
> second build, fausing this to fail with:

My opinion is that I would not consider it a RC bug for a package to
FTBFS twice in a row. For a variety of reasons, I think it makes sense
to build packages from a clean chroot. (By the way, source-only
uploads are now required for updated packages for bullseye.)

Therefore, unless you can point to a clear statement in Debian Policy
or by the Release Team about this particular type of bug, I suggest we
lower this severity and stop the autoremoval of anjuta from Testing.

Or if you come up with a working patch, I would be happy to apply that instead.

Thanks,
Jeremy Bicha