Bug#906504: pulseaudio: FTBFS in buster/sid (failing tests)

[Santiago Vila]

Package: src:pulseaudio
Version: 11.1-5
Severity: serious
Tags: ftbfs

Dear maintainer:

I tried to build this package in buster but it failed:

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[...]
 debian/rules binary-arch
dh binary-arch
   dh_update_autotools_config -a
   dh_autoreconf -a
configure.ac:89: warning: AC_COMPILE_IFELSE was called before AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS
../../lib/autoconf/specific.m4:368: AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS is expanded from...
configure.ac:89: the top level
configure.ac:89: warning: AC_COMPILE_IFELSE was called before AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS
../../lib/autoconf/specific.m4:368: AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS is expanded from...
configure.ac:89: the top level
configure.ac:89: warning: AC_COMPILE_IFELSE was called before AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS
../../lib/autoconf/specific.m4:368: AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS is expanded from...
configure.ac:89: the top level
libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR, 'build-aux'.

[... snipped ...]

# XFAIL: 0
# FAIL:  1
# XPASS: 0
# ERROR: 0

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FAIL: volume-test
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Running suite(s): Volume
Attenuation of sample 1 against 32767: -90.3087 dB
Smallest possible attenuation > 0 applied to 32767: 0
max deviation: 1 n=283
0%: Checks: 1, Failures: 1, Errors: 0
tests/volume-test.c:148:F:volume:volume_test:0: Assertion 'mdn <= 253' failed
FAIL volume-test (exit status: 1)

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Testsuite summary for pulseaudio 11.1
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# TOTAL: 36
# PASS:  35
# SKIP:  0
# XFAIL: 0
# FAIL:  1
# XPASS: 0
# ERROR: 0
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See src/test-suite.log
Please report to pulseaudio-discuss (at) lists (dot) freedesktop (dot) org
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make[6]: *** [Makefile:10665: test-suite.log] Error 1
make[6]: Leaving directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/src'
make[5]: *** [Makefile:10773: check-TESTS] Error 2
make[5]: Leaving directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/src'
make[4]: *** [Makefile:11089: check-am] Error 2
make[4]: Leaving directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/src'
make[3]: *** [Makefile:11091: check] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/src'
make[2]: *** [Makefile:808: check-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:1099: check] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>'
dh_auto_test: make -j1 check VERBOSE=1 returned exit code 2
make: *** [debian/rules:35: binary-arch] Error 2
dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules binary-arch subprocess returned exit status 2
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The build was made with "dpkg-buildpackage -B" in my autobuilder.
Most probably, it also fails here in reproducible builds:

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

where you can get a full build log if you need it.

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 BTS web page for this package.

Thanks.