[Python-modules-team] Bug#973203: python-xdo: FTBFS: dh_auto_test: error: pybuild --test -i python{version} -p "3.9 3.8" returned exit code 13

[Lucas Nussbaum]

Source: python-xdo
Version: 0.4-2
Severity: serious
Justification: FTBFS on amd64
Tags: bullseye sid ftbfs
Usertags: ftbfs-20201027 ftbfs-bullseye

Hi,

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

Relevant part (hopefully):
>  debian/rules build
> dh build --with python3 --buildsystem=pybuild
> dh: warning: Compatibility levels before 10 are deprecated (level 9 in use)
>    dh_update_autotools_config -O--buildsystem=pybuild
>    dh_auto_configure -O--buildsystem=pybuild
> dh_auto_configure: warning: Compatibility levels before 10 are deprecated (level 9 in use)
> I: pybuild base:217: python3.9 setup.py config 
> running config
> I: pybuild base:217: python3.8 setup.py config 
> running config
>    dh_auto_build -O--buildsystem=pybuild
> dh_auto_build: warning: Compatibility levels before 10 are deprecated (level 9 in use)
> I: pybuild base:217: /usr/bin/python3.9 setup.py build 
> running build
> running build_py
> creating /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_xdo/build/xdo
> copying xdo/__init__.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_xdo/build/xdo
> copying xdo/_xdo.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_xdo/build/xdo
> I: pybuild base:217: /usr/bin/python3 setup.py build 
> running build
> running build_py
> creating /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.8_xdo/build/xdo
> copying xdo/__init__.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.8_xdo/build/xdo
> copying xdo/_xdo.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.8_xdo/build/xdo
>    dh_auto_test -O--buildsystem=pybuild
> dh_auto_test: warning: Compatibility levels before 10 are deprecated (level 9 in use)
> I: pybuild base:217: cd /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_xdo/build; python3.9 -m unittest discover -v 
> xdo (unittest.loader._FailedTest) ... ERROR
> 
> ======================================================================
> ERROR: xdo (unittest.loader._FailedTest)
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> ImportError: Failed to import test module: xdo
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/lib/python3.9/unittest/loader.py", line 470, in _find_test_path
>     package = self._get_module_from_name(name)
>   File "/usr/lib/python3.9/unittest/loader.py", line 377, in _get_module_from_name
>     __import__(name)
>   File "/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_xdo/build/xdo/__init__.py", line 8, in <module>
>     from ._xdo import libxdo as _libxdo
>   File "/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_xdo/build/xdo/_xdo.py", line 14, in <module>
>     libc = ctypes.CDLL(ctypes.util.find_library('libc'))
>   File "/usr/lib/python3.9/ctypes/util.py", line 341, in find_library
>     _get_soname(_findLib_gcc(name)) or _get_soname(_findLib_ld(name))
>   File "/usr/lib/python3.9/ctypes/util.py", line 147, in _findLib_gcc
>     if not _is_elf(file):
>   File "/usr/lib/python3.9/ctypes/util.py", line 99, in _is_elf
>     with open(filename, 'br') as thefile:
> FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: b'liblibc.a'
> 
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Ran 1 test in 0.000s
> 
> FAILED (errors=1)
> E: pybuild pybuild:352: test: plugin distutils failed with: exit code=1: cd /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_xdo/build; python3.9 -m unittest discover -v 
> dh_auto_test: error: pybuild --test -i python{version} -p "3.9 3.8" returned exit code 13

The full build log is available from:
   http://qa-logs.debian.net/2020/10/27/python-xdo_0.4-2_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.