[DRE-maint] Bug#715190: ruby-multi-xml: FTBFS: test failure

[Colin Watson]

Package: ruby-multi-xml
Version: 0.5.3-1
Severity: serious

ruby-multi-xml fails to build in a clean unstable chroot.  The build log
is as follows:

  dpkg-buildpackage: source package ruby-multi-xml
  dpkg-buildpackage: source version 0.5.3-1
  dpkg-buildpackage: source changed by Praveen Arimbrathodiyil <praveen at debian.org>
   dpkg-source --before-build ruby-multi-xml-0.5.3
  dpkg-buildpackage: host architecture i386
   fakeroot debian/rules clean
  dh clean --buildsystem=ruby --with ruby
     dh_testdir -O--buildsystem=ruby
     dh_auto_clean -O--buildsystem=ruby
  /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/gem2deb.rb:17: warning: setting Encoding.default_external
  /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/psych_tree.rb:31: warning: method redefined; discarding old visit_String
  /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/psych_tree.rb:4: warning: previous definition of visit_String was here
  /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/psych_tree.rb:39: warning: method redefined; discarding old register
  /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/psych_tree.rb:12: warning: previous definition of register was here
  /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/psych_tree.rb:43: warning: method redefined; discarding old format_time
  /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/psych_tree.rb:16: warning: previous definition of format_time was here
  /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/syck_hack.rb:115: warning: method redefined; discarding old to_s
  /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/syck_hack.rb:44: warning: previous definition of to_s was here
    Entering dh_ruby --clean
    Leaving dh_ruby --clean
     dh_clean -O--buildsystem=ruby
   debian/rules build
  dh build --buildsystem=ruby --with ruby
     dh_testdir -O--buildsystem=ruby
     dh_auto_configure -O--buildsystem=ruby
  /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/gem2deb.rb:17: warning: setting Encoding.default_external
     dh_auto_build -O--buildsystem=ruby
  /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/gem2deb.rb:17: warning: setting Encoding.default_external
     dh_auto_test -O--buildsystem=ruby
  /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/gem2deb.rb:17: warning: setting Encoding.default_external
   fakeroot debian/rules binary
  dh binary --buildsystem=ruby --with ruby
     dh_testroot -O--buildsystem=ruby
     dh_prep -O--buildsystem=ruby
     dh_auto_install -O--buildsystem=ruby
  /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/gem2deb.rb:17: warning: setting Encoding.default_external
  /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/psych_tree.rb:31: warning: method redefined; discarding old visit_String
  /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/psych_tree.rb:4: warning: previous definition of visit_String was here
  /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/psych_tree.rb:39: warning: method redefined; discarding old register
  /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/psych_tree.rb:12: warning: previous definition of register was here
  /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/psych_tree.rb:43: warning: method redefined; discarding old format_time
  /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/psych_tree.rb:16: warning: previous definition of format_time was here
  /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/syck_hack.rb:115: warning: method redefined; discarding old to_s
  /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/syck_hack.rb:44: warning: previous definition of to_s was here
    Entering dh_ruby --install
  install -d /«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/ruby-multi-xml/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby
  install -D -m644 /«PKGBUILDDIR»/lib/multi_xml.rb /«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/ruby-multi-xml/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/multi_xml.rb
  install -D -m644 /«PKGBUILDDIR»/lib/multi_xml/version.rb /«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/ruby-multi-xml/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/multi_xml/version.rb
  install -D -m644 /«PKGBUILDDIR»/lib/multi_xml/parsers/rexml.rb /«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/ruby-multi-xml/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/multi_xml/parsers/rexml.rb
  install -D -m644 /«PKGBUILDDIR»/lib/multi_xml/parsers/libxml.rb /«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/ruby-multi-xml/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/multi_xml/parsers/libxml.rb
  install -D -m644 /«PKGBUILDDIR»/lib/multi_xml/parsers/ox.rb /«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/ruby-multi-xml/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/multi_xml/parsers/ox.rb
  install -D -m644 /«PKGBUILDDIR»/lib/multi_xml/parsers/libxml2_parser.rb /«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/ruby-multi-xml/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/multi_xml/parsers/libxml2_parser.rb
  install -D -m644 /«PKGBUILDDIR»/lib/multi_xml/parsers/nokogiri.rb /«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/ruby-multi-xml/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/multi_xml/parsers/nokogiri.rb
  /usr/bin/ruby1.8 -I/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/gem2deb/test_runner.rb
  /usr/bin/ruby1.8 -S rspec ./spec/multi_xml_spec.rb
  Fatal error: Opening and ending tag mismatch: open line 1 and close at :1.
  *** Error in `/usr/bin/ruby1.8': malloc(): memory corruption: 0x09637bb0 ***

At this point the build hung for me and I had to kill it.

Thanks,

-- 
Colin Watson                                       [cjwatson at debian.org]