[Python-modules-team] Bug#880315: pythonqt: FTBFS: build-dependency not installable: libpythonqt-dev

[Lucas Nussbaum]

Source: pythonqt
Version: 3.2-3
Severity: serious
Tags: buster sid
User: debian-qa at lists.debian.org
Usertags: qa-ftbfs-20171030 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):
> +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
> | Install package build dependencies                                           |
> +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
> 
> 
> Setup apt archive
> -----------------
> 
> Merged Build-Depends: cmake, debhelper (>= 10), libgtk2.0-dev, libpulse-dev, libpythonqt-dev, libqt5designer5, libqt5multimediawidgets5, libqt5opengl5-dev, libqt5svg5-dev, libqt5xmlpatterns5-dev, libqtwebkit-dev, pyqt5-dev, pyqt5-dev-tools, python-dev, python3-pyside.qtuitools, qt5-qmake, qtbase5-private-dev, qtdeclarative5-dev, qtmultimedia5-dev, qttools5-dev
> Filtered Build-Depends: cmake, debhelper (>= 10), libgtk2.0-dev, libpulse-dev, libpythonqt-dev, libqt5designer5, libqt5multimediawidgets5, libqt5opengl5-dev, libqt5svg5-dev, libqt5xmlpatterns5-dev, libqtwebkit-dev, pyqt5-dev, pyqt5-dev-tools, python-dev, python3-pyside.qtuitools, qt5-qmake, qtbase5-private-dev, qtdeclarative5-dev, qtmultimedia5-dev, qttools5-dev
> dpkg-deb: building package 'sbuild-build-depends-pythonqt-dummy' in '/<<BUILDDIR>>/resolver-uMroFt/apt_archive/sbuild-build-depends-pythonqt-dummy.deb'.
> dpkg-scanpackages: warning: Packages in archive but missing from override file:
> dpkg-scanpackages: warning:   sbuild-build-depends-core-dummy sbuild-build-depends-pythonqt-dummy
> dpkg-scanpackages: info: Wrote 2 entries to output Packages file.
> Ign:1 copy:/<<BUILDDIR>>/resolver-uMroFt/apt_archive ./ InRelease
> Get:2 copy:/<<BUILDDIR>>/resolver-uMroFt/apt_archive ./ Release [963 B]
> Ign:3 copy:/<<BUILDDIR>>/resolver-uMroFt/apt_archive ./ Release.gpg
> Get:4 copy:/<<BUILDDIR>>/resolver-uMroFt/apt_archive ./ Sources [629 B]
> Get:5 copy:/<<BUILDDIR>>/resolver-uMroFt/apt_archive ./ Packages [713 B]
> Fetched 2305 B in 0s (0 B/s)
> Reading package lists...
> Reading package lists...
> 
> Install pythonqt build dependencies (apt-based resolver)
> --------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Installing build dependencies
> Reading package lists...
> Building dependency tree...
> Reading state information...
> Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
> requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
> distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
> or been moved out of Incoming.
> The following information may help to resolve the situation:
> 
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  sbuild-build-depends-pythonqt-dummy : Depends: libpythonqt-dev but it is not going to be installed
> E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
> apt-get failed.

The full build log is available from:
   http://aws-logs.debian.net/2017/10/30/pythonqt_3.2-3_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.