Bug#1066395: python-hdf4: FTBFS: ld: cannot find -lmfhdf: No such file or directory

[Lucas Nussbaum]

Source: python-hdf4
Version: 0.11.3-2
Severity: serious
Justification: FTBFS
Tags: trixie sid ftbfs
User: lucas at debian.org
Usertags: ftbfs-20240313 ftbfs-trixie

Hi,

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


Relevant part (hopefully):
> x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc -shared -Wl,-O1 -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now -g -O2 -Werror=implicit-function-declaration -ffile-prefix-map=/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>=. -fstack-protector-strong -fstack-clash-protection -Wformat -Werror=format-security -fcf-protection -Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 build/temp.linux-x86_64-cpython-312/pyhdf/hdfext_wrap.o -L -L/usr/lib -L/usr/local/lib -L/lib -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -lmfhdf -ldf -ljpeg -lz -o build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-312/pyhdf/_hdfext.cpython-312-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
> /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lmfhdf: No such file or directory
> /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -ldf: No such file or directory
> collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status


The full build log is available from:
http://qa-logs.debian.net/2024/03/13/python-hdf4_0.11.3-2_unstable.log

All bugs filed during this archive rebuild are listed at:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?tag=ftbfs-20240313;users=lucas@debian.org
or:
https://udd.debian.org/bugs/?release=na&merged=ign&fnewerval=7&flastmodval=7&fusertag=only&fusertagtag=ftbfs-20240313&fusertaguser=lucas@debian.org&allbugs=1&cseverity=1&ctags=1&caffected=1#results

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!

If you reassign this bug to another package, please mark it as 'affects'-ing
this package. See https://www.debian.org/Bugs/server-control#affects

If you fail to reproduce this, please provide a build log and diff it with mine
so that we can identify if something relevant changed in the meantime.