[debian-mysql] Bug#536266: mysql-dfsg-5.0: void Build-Depends on automake1.9

[Eric Pozharski]

Package: mysql-dfsg-5.0
Version: 5.0.81-1
Severity: normal

While investigating FTBFS of mysql-dfsg-5.0_5.0.51a-24+lenny1 I'd fallen
down into comparing buildlogs.  I'd compared mine with
mysql-dfsg-5.0_5.0.81-1; as a result of this weird comparision I've got
a surprising feeling that automake1.9 isn't in use to build 5.0.81-1
(line numbers are somewhat advanced, http://buildd.debian.org/pkg.cgi
gives away text/html instead of text/plain, and I'm a bit lazy):

	75:Build-Depends: libtool (<= 1.4.2-7), procps | hurd, debhelper
	(<= 4.1.16), file (<= 3.28), libncurses5-dev (<= 5.0-6), perl
	(<= 5.6.0), libwrap0-dev (<= 7.6-8.3), zlib1g-dev (<=
	1:1.1.3-5), libreadline5-dev | libreadline-dev, psmisc, po-debconf,
	chrpath, automake1.9, dpatch, gawk, bison, lsb-release
	101:automake1.9: missing
	107:Installing positive dependencies: libtool debhelper file
	libncurses5-dev libwrap0-dev zlib1g-dev libreadline5-dev psmisc
	po-debconf chrpath automake1.9 dpatch gawk bison lsb-release
	119:  automake1.9-doc bison-doc wamerican wordlist whois vacation
	dh-make curl cvs
	127:  autoconf automake1.9 autotools-dev bison bsdmainutils chrpath
	debhelper
	196:Selecting previously deselected package automake1.9.
	197:Unpacking automake1.9 (from .../automake1.9_1.9.6+nogfdl-3_all.deb)
	...
	257:Setting up automake1.9 (1.9.6+nogfdl-3) ...
	16347:Removing automake1.9 ...

That made me suspicious about some weird autofsck issue.  I've
downloaded 5.0.81-1 kit, pruned Build-Depends on automake1.9 and
rebuilt.  Unsurprisingly build succeeded with no mention of automake1.9
in buildlog at all.  That made me more suspicious and I've pruned the
same Build-Depends off 5.0.51a-24+lenny1 and, surprise, surprise, there
were mentions of automake (in general) -- right after
'touch configure-stamp' there were 3 warnings about missing
'aclocal-1.9', 'autoconf', and 'automake-1.9'.  However, the build by
itself kept going on and finished successfuly.

I've managed to achieve a conclusion that automake1.9 is either a false
Build-Depends or A.W.O.L.  Thus rising a question:

	Guys, what's going on?


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (700, 'testing'), (700, 'stable'), (1, 'testing'), (1, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=ru_UA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US.UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash