[DRE-maint] Bug#676089: libpdf-writer-ruby: FTBFS: /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require': /«BUILDDIR»/libpdf-writer-ruby-1.1.8+dfsg/lib/pdf/writer.rb:712: invalid multibyte char (US-ASCII) (SyntaxError)

[Lucas Nussbaum]

Source: libpdf-writer-ruby
Version: 1.1.8+dfsg-1
Severity: serious
Tags: wheezy sid
User: debian-qa at lists.debian.org
Usertags: qa-ftbfs-20120604 qa-ftbfs
User: debian-ruby at lists.debian.org
Usertags: default19
Justification: FTBFS on amd64

Hi,

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

Relevant part:
>  fakeroot debian/rules binary
> test -x debian/rules
> dh_testroot
> dh_clean -k 
> dh_clean: dh_clean -k is deprecated; use dh_prep instead
> dh_installdirs -A 
> mkdir -p "."
> /usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/buildcore.mk:109: WARNING:  DEB_COMPRESS_EXCLUDE is a deprecated variable
> dh_installman --package=libpdf-writer-ruby1.8 debian/techbook.1
> Adding cdbs dependencies to debian/libpdf-writer-ruby.substvars
> dh_installdirs -plibpdf-writer-ruby 
> Adding cdbs dependencies to debian/libpdf-writer-ruby-doc.substvars
> dh_installdirs -plibpdf-writer-ruby-doc 
> # Build the documentation PDF
> /usr/bin/ruby -I  ./debian/libpdf-writer-ruby1.8/ ./bin/techbook -n manual.pwd
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require': /«BUILDDIR»/libpdf-writer-ruby-1.1.8+dfsg/lib/pdf/writer.rb:712: invalid multibyte char (US-ASCII) (SyntaxError)
> /«BUILDDIR»/libpdf-writer-ruby-1.1.8+dfsg/lib/pdf/writer.rb:712: invalid multibyte char (US-ASCII)
> /«BUILDDIR»/libpdf-writer-ruby-1.1.8+dfsg/lib/pdf/writer.rb:712: syntax error, unexpected $end, expecting keyword_end
>     content = "%PDF-#{@version}\n%âãÏÓ\n"
>                                     ^
> 	from /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require'
> 	from /«BUILDDIR»/libpdf-writer-ruby-1.1.8+dfsg/lib/pdf/simpletable.rb:11:in `<top (required)>'
> 	from /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require'
> 	from /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require'
> 	from /«BUILDDIR»/libpdf-writer-ruby-1.1.8+dfsg/lib/pdf/techbook.rb:12:in `<top (required)>'
> 	from /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require'
> 	from /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require'
> 	from ./bin/techbook:18:in `rescue in <main>'
> 	from ./bin/techbook:12:in `<main>'
> make: *** [install/libpdf-writer-ruby-doc] Error 1

The full build log is available from:
   http://people.debian.org/~lucas/logs/2012/06/04/libpdf-writer-ruby_1.1.8+dfsg-1_unstable.log

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!

About the archive rebuild: The rebuild was done on EC2 VM instances from
Amazon Web Services, using a clean, minimal and up-to-date chroot. Every
failed build was retried once to eliminate random failures.