[pkg-go] Bug#798725: Bug#798725: golang-github-vbatts-tar-split: FTBFS: B-D favors nonexistent packages over real ones

[Michael Stapelberg]

On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 12:15 AM, Aaron M. Ucko <ucko at debian.org> wrote:
> Source: golang-github-vbatts-tar-split
> Version: 0.9.7-1
> Severity: serious
> Justification: fails to build from source
>
> Automatic builds of golang-github-vbatts-tar-split have been failing
> because its build dependencies include
>
>   golang-github-codegangsta-cli-dev | golang-codegangsta-cli-dev
>
> and
>
>   golang-github-sirupsen-logrus-dev | golang-logrus-dev
>
> These terms are both technically satisfiable because
> golang-codegangsta-cli-dev and golang-logrus-dev both exist in the
> archive.  However, for the sake of reproducibility, the autobuilders
> only ever try the first option (modulo explicit architectural
> constraints), and consequently fail.  Please either remove the

Ugh :(. That is a serious downside for our renaming strategy.

> references to golang-github-*-dev or swap them to appear after the
> packages that are actually available.

I think the better fix is to actually upload
golang-github-codegangsta-cli-dev and
golang-github-sirupsen-logrus-dev.

>
> Thanks!
>
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Best regards,
Michael