[Python-modules-team] Bug#868971: python-feather-format: FTBFS: feather/ext.cpp:28:20: fatal error: Python.h: No such file or directory

[Lucas Nussbaum]

Source: python-feather-format
Version: 0.3.1+dfsg1-1
Severity: serious
Tags: buster sid
User: debian-qa at lists.debian.org
Usertags: qa-ftbfs-20170719 qa-ftbfs
Justification: FTBFS on amd64

Hi,

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

Relevant part (hopefully):
> x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc -pthread -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -g -O2 -fdebug-prefix-map=/<<BUILDDIR>>/python-feather-format-0.3.1+dfsg1=. -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fPIC -Ifeather -I/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/numpy/core/include -I/<<BUILDDIR>>/python-feather-format-0.3.1+dfsg1/src -I/usr/include/python3.6m -c feather/ext.cpp -o build/temp.linux-amd64-3.6/feather/ext.o -std=c++11 -O3
> cc1plus: warning: command line option ‘-Wstrict-prototypes’ is valid for C/ObjC but not for C++
> feather/ext.cpp:28:20: fatal error: Python.h: No such file or directory
>  #include "Python.h"
>                     ^
> compilation terminated.
> error: command 'x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc' failed with exit status 1
> E: pybuild pybuild:283: build: plugin distutils failed with: exit code=1: /usr/bin/python3.6 setup.py build 
> dh_auto_build: pybuild --build -i python{version} -p 3.6 3.5 returned exit code 13
> debian/rules:8: recipe for target 'build' failed
> make: *** [build] Error 25

The full build log is available from:
   http://aws-logs.debian.net/2017/07/19/python-feather-format_0.3.1+dfsg1-1_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.