Bug#898578: libyaml-perl/1.25-1 breaks rex/1.6.0-1 test suite (FTBFS and autopkgtest failure)

[gregor herrmann]

Source: rex
Version: 1.6.0-1
Severity: serious
Control: affects -1 src:libyaml-perl
User: debian-ci at lists.debian.org
Usertags: needs-update
Tags: upstream buster sid
Justification: fails to build from source

----- Forwarded message from Paul Gevers <elbrus at debian.org> -----

From: Paul Gevers <elbrus at debian.org>
To: libyaml-perl at packages.debian.org, rex at packages.debian.org
Subject: libyaml-perl/1.25-1 breaks rex/1.6.0-1 autopkgtest in testing
Date: Sun, 13 May 2018 19:29:44 +0100

Dear maintainers,

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tl;dr: libyaml-perl/1.25-1 breaks rex/1.6.0-1 autopkgtest in testing
see: https://ci.debian.net/packages/r/rex/testing/amd64/

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This also causes a build failure in rex:

YAML Error: Invalid element in map
   Code: YAML_LOAD_ERR_BAD_MAP_ELEMENT
   Line: 6
   Document: 1
 at /usr/share/perl5/YAML/Loader.pm line 361.
# Looks like your test exited with 255 just after 1.
t/report.t ....................... 
1..3
ok 1 - 'created report class' isa 'Rex::Report::Base'
Dubious, test returned 255 (wstat 65280, 0xff00)
Failed 2/3 subtests 
…
Test Summary Report
-------------------
t/report.t                     (Wstat: 65280 Tests: 1 Failed: 0)
  Non-zero exit status: 255
  Parse errors: Bad plan.  You planned 3 tests but ran 1.
Files=70, Tests=1519, 30 wallclock secs ( 0.33 usr  0.09 sys + 14.64 cusr  3.44 csys = 18.50 CPU)
Result: FAIL
Failed 1/70 test programs. 0/1519 subtests failed.

When run manually:

# prove --blib --verbose t/report.t
t/report.t .. 
1..3
ok 1 - 'created report class' isa 'Rex::Report::Base'
not ok 2 - a new file was created.

#   Failed test 'a new file was created.'
#   at t/report.t line 55.
#          got: '0'
#     expected: '1'
ok 3 - the file was not changed
# Looks like you failed 1 test of 3.
Dubious, test returned 1 (wstat 256, 0x100)
Failed 1/3 subtests 

Test Summary Report
-------------------
t/report.t (Wstat: 256 Tests: 3 Failed: 1)
  Failed test:  2
  Non-zero exit status: 1
Files=1, Tests=3,  1 wallclock secs ( 0.02 usr  0.01 sys +  0.26 cusr  0.05 csys =  0.34 CPU)
Result: FAIL



Cheers,
gregor

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