[Pkg-xen-devel] Bug#731529: xen-api-libs: FTBFS with ocaml 4.01.0

[Stéphane Glondu]

Source: xen-api-libs
Version: 0.5.2-3.1
Severity: serious
Tags: jessie sid
Control: block 718767 with -1

Hi,

xen-api-libs FTBFS when binNMUed against ocaml 4.01.0.

>From the amd64 build log:
> ocamlfind ocamlopt -I ../xml-light2 -I ../stdext -I ../uuid -annot -g -package xmlm -c -o rpc.o rpc.ml
> ocamlfind ocamlc -I ../xml-light2 -I ../stdext -I ../uuid -annot -g -c -package camlp4 -pp "camlp4orf" -I /usr/lib/ocaml/camlp4 -o pa_module_conv.cmo pa_module_conv.ml
> ocamlfind ocamlc -I ../xml-light2 -I ../stdext -I ../uuid -annot -g -c -package camlp4,type_conv -pp "camlp4orf" -I /usr/lib/ocaml/camlp4 -I /usr/lib/ocaml/type_conv p4_rpc.cmo p4_rpc.ml
> File "p4_rpc.ml", line 543, characters 6-14:
> Warning 26: unused variable arg_path.
> ocamlfind ocamlc -I ../xml-light2 -I ../stdext -I ../uuid -annot -g -c -package camlp4,type_conv -pp "camlp4orf" -I /usr/lib/ocaml/camlp4 -I /usr/lib/ocaml/type_conv pa_rpc.cmo pa_rpc.ml
> File "pa_rpc.ml", line 20, characters 72-75:
> Error: This expression has type bool but an expression was expected of type
>          Camlp4.PreCast.Ast.ctyp
> make[2]: *** [pa_rpc.cmo] Error 2
> make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/«PKGBUILDDIR»/rpc-light'
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/«PKGBUILDDIR»'
> dh_auto_build: make -j1 returned exit code 2
> make: *** [build-arch] Error 2

Full build logs available via:

  https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=xen-api-libs&suite=sid

I see on the PTS that there is a new upstream version. Maybe there is a
fix there.


Cheers,

-- 
Stéphane