Bug#992901: src:perceptualdiff: fails to migrate to testing for too long due to ftbfs on armel BUG#992901

[luca.perico at gmail.com]

hello 
I have see the same test error here:
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/geary/-/issues/776

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Michael Gratton @mjog · 1 year ago
Maintainer

Hi, thanks for the report. A couple of the unit tests do some checking
of collation order, and hence require the tests to be run with a
specific locale. For annoying technical reasons, that has to be
en_US.UTF-8, which means support files for that locale need to be
installed as a build dependency for the tests to succeed.

You can see the approaches taken for Geary's own CI for Debian and
Fedora in .gitlab-ci.yml, which may help with the Apline package.
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Strangely in the original yml fiel there is no more a debian build
bock.
See f007e9aa commit on Geary who remove debian.






On Tue, 24 Aug 2021 21:31:02 +0200 Paul Gevers <elbrus at debian.org>
wrote:
> Control: reassign -1 src:geary 3.38.1-1
> 
> Oops, I mixed two submissions. This text should have gone to geary
(the
> one for perceptualdiff will follow shortly).
> 
> Paul
> 
> On Tue, 24 Aug 2021 21:22:16 +0200 Paul Gevers <elbrus at debian.org>
wrote:
> > Source: perceptualdiff
> > Version: 1.2-2
> > Severity: serious
> > Tags: sid bookworm ftbfs
> > User: release.debian.org at packages.debian.org
> > Usertags: out-of-sync
> > 
> > Dear maintainer(s),
> > 
> > As recently announced [1], the Release Team now considers packages
that
> > are out-of-sync between testing and unstable for more than 60 days
as
> > having a Release Critical bug in testing. Your package
> > src:perceptualdiff has been trying to migrate for 224 days [2]
(yes, I
> > know, mostly during the freeze). Hence, I am filing this bug.
> > 
> > If a package is out of sync between unstable and testing for a
longer
> > period, this usually means that bugs in the package in testing
cannot be
> > fixed via unstable. Additionally, blocked packages can have impact
on
> > other packages, which makes preparing for the release more
difficult.
> > Finally, it often exposes issues with the package and/or
> > its (reverse-)dependencies. We expect maintainers to fix issues
that
> > hamper the migration of their package in a timely manner.
> > 
> > Your package fails to build on armel [3]:
> > Summary of Failures:
> > 
> > 7/7 geary / client-tests                         FAIL          
33.45s
> > (killed by signal 11 SIGSEGV)
> > 
> > Ok:                 6
> > Expected Fail:      0
> > Fail:               1
> > Unexpected Pass:    0
> > Skipped:            0
> > Timeout:            0
> > dh_auto_test: error: cd obj-arm-linux-gnueabi && LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
> > MESON_TESTTHREADS=4 meson test returned exit code 1
> > xvfb-run: error: problem while cleaning up temporary directory
> > make[1]: *** [debian/rules:28: override_dh_auto_test] Error 5
> > make[1]: Leaving directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>'
> > make: *** [debian/rules:21: binary-arch] Error 2
> > 
> > This bug will trigger auto-removal when appropriate. As with all
new
> > bugs, there will be at least 30 days before the package is auto-
removed.
> > 
> > I have tagged this bug to only affect sid and bookworm, so it
doesn't
> > affect (old-)stable.
> > 
> > If you believe your package is unable to migrate to testing due to
> > issues beyond your control, don't hesitate to contact the Release
Team.
> > 
> > Paul