[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#902512: nodejs: FTBFS in buster/sid (failing tests)

[Santiago Vila]

Package: src:nodejs
Version: 8.11.2~dfsg-1
Severity: serious
Tags: ftbfs

Dear maintainer:

I tried to build this package in buster with "dpkg-buildpackage -A"
but it failed:

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[...]
 debian/rules build-indep
CDBS WARNING:  copyright-check disabled - licensecheck is missing.
test -x debian/rules
mkdir -p "."
CDBS WARNING:    DEB_COPYRIGHT_CHECK_IGNORE_REGEX is deprecated since 0.4.133

Scanning upstream source for new/changed copyright notices...

set -e; LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 /usr/bin/licensecheck --check '.*' --recursive --copyright --deb-fmt --ignore '^(deps/v8/benchmarks/v8-logo\.png|test/fixtures/person\.jpg.*|test/fixtures/sample\.png|test/fixtures/google_ssl_hello\.bin|test/fixtures/test_cert\.pfx|src/res/node\.ico|debian/(changelog|copyright(|_hints|_newhints)))' --lines 0 * | /usr/lib/cdbs/licensecheck2dep5 > debian/copyright_newhints
/bin/sh: 1: /usr/bin/licensecheck: not found
0 combinations of copyright and licensing found.
WARNING: 			New or changed notices discovered:


[... snipped ...]

ok 1888 known_issues/test-url-parse-conformance
  ---
  duration_ms: 0.608
  ...
ok 1889 known_issues/test-vm-attributes-property-not-on-sandbox
  ---
  duration_ms: 0.508
  ...
ok 1890 known_issues/test-vm-data-property-writable
  ---
  duration_ms: 0.508
  ...
ok 1891 known_issues/test-vm-getters
  ---
  duration_ms: 0.508
  ...
ok 1892 known_issues/test-vm-global-non-writable-properties
  ---
  duration_ms: 0.508
  ...
ok 1893 known_issues/test-vm-inherited_properties
  ---
  duration_ms: 0.508
  ...
ok 1894 known_issues/test-vm-ownkeys
  ---
  duration_ms: 0.508
  ...
ok 1895 known_issues/test-vm-ownpropertynames
  ---
  duration_ms: 0.509
  ...
ok 1896 known_issues/test-vm-ownpropertysymbols
  ---
  duration_ms: 0.508
  ...
ok 1897 known_issues/test-vm-proxy-failure-CP
  ---
  duration_ms: 0.508
  ...
Makefile:410: recipe for target 'test-ci-js' failed
make[1]: *** [test-ci-js] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>'
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/makefile.mk:113: recipe for target 'debian/stamp-makefile-check' failed
make: *** [debian/stamp-makefile-check] Error 2
dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules build-indep subprocess returned exit status 2
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The above is how the build ends in my autobuilder and it's not
necessarily the relevant part.

The failure is not, however, related to using dpkg-buildpackage -A,
as it also fails in reproducible builds:

https://tests.reproducible-builds.org/debian/rb-pkg/unstable/amd64/nodejs.html

If this is really a bug in one of the build-depends, please use reassign and affects,
so that this is still visible in the page for this package.

Thanks.