[Python-modules-team] Bug#997758: nose: FTBFS: There is a syntax error in your configuration file: invalid syntax (conf.py, line 220)

[Lucas Nussbaum]

Source: nose
Version: 1.3.7-7
Severity: serious
Justification: FTBFS
Tags: bookworm sid ftbfs
User: lucas at debian.org
Usertags: ftbfs-20211023 ftbfs-bookworm

Hi,

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


Relevant part (hopefully):
> make[1]: Entering directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>'
> dh_auto_build
> I: pybuild base:232: /usr/bin/python3 setup.py build 
> running build
> running build_py
> creating /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_nose/build/nose
> copying nose/proxy.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_nose/build/nose
> copying nose/case.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_nose/build/nose
> copying nose/core.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_nose/build/nose
> copying nose/__init__.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_nose/build/nose
> copying nose/__main__.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_nose/build/nose
> copying nose/selector.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_nose/build/nose
> copying nose/inspector.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_nose/build/nose
> copying nose/loader.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_nose/build/nose
> copying nose/result.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_nose/build/nose
> copying nose/util.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_nose/build/nose
> copying nose/suite.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_nose/build/nose
> copying nose/config.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_nose/build/nose
> copying nose/failure.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_nose/build/nose
> copying nose/importer.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_nose/build/nose
> copying nose/exc.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_nose/build/nose
> copying nose/twistedtools.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_nose/build/nose
> copying nose/pyversion.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_nose/build/nose
> copying nose/commands.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_nose/build/nose
> creating /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_nose/build/nose/ext
> copying nose/ext/__init__.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_nose/build/nose/ext
> copying nose/ext/dtcompat.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_nose/build/nose/ext
> creating /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_nose/build/nose/plugins
> copying nose/plugins/skip.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_nose/build/nose/plugins
> copying nose/plugins/__init__.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_nose/build/nose/plugins
> copying nose/plugins/cover.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_nose/build/nose/plugins
> copying nose/plugins/logcapture.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_nose/build/nose/plugins
> copying nose/plugins/debug.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_nose/build/nose/plugins
> copying nose/plugins/testid.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_nose/build/nose/plugins
> copying nose/plugins/prof.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_nose/build/nose/plugins
> copying nose/plugins/doctests.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_nose/build/nose/plugins
> copying nose/plugins/deprecated.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_nose/build/nose/plugins
> copying nose/plugins/builtin.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_nose/build/nose/plugins
> copying nose/plugins/failuredetail.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_nose/build/nose/plugins
> copying nose/plugins/isolate.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_nose/build/nose/plugins
> copying nose/plugins/multiprocess.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_nose/build/nose/plugins
> copying nose/plugins/plugintest.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_nose/build/nose/plugins
> copying nose/plugins/errorclass.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_nose/build/nose/plugins
> copying nose/plugins/xunit.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_nose/build/nose/plugins
> copying nose/plugins/manager.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_nose/build/nose/plugins
> copying nose/plugins/attrib.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_nose/build/nose/plugins
> copying nose/plugins/allmodules.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_nose/build/nose/plugins
> copying nose/plugins/base.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_nose/build/nose/plugins
> copying nose/plugins/capture.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_nose/build/nose/plugins
> copying nose/plugins/collect.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_nose/build/nose/plugins
> creating /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_nose/build/nose/sphinx
> copying nose/sphinx/__init__.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_nose/build/nose/sphinx
> copying nose/sphinx/pluginopts.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_nose/build/nose/sphinx
> creating /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_nose/build/nose/tools
> copying nose/tools/trivial.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_nose/build/nose/tools
> copying nose/tools/__init__.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_nose/build/nose/tools
> copying nose/tools/nontrivial.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_nose/build/nose/tools
> copying nose/usage.txt -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_nose/build/nose
> running build_scripts
> creating build
> creating build/scripts-3.9
> copying and adjusting bin/nosetests -> build/scripts-3.9
> changing mode of build/scripts-3.9/nosetests from 644 to 755
> PYTHONPATH=/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9_nose/build python3 setup.py build_sphinx
> running build_sphinx
> Running Sphinx v4.2.0
> 
> Configuration error:
> There is a syntax error in your configuration file: invalid syntax (conf.py, line 220)
> 
> make[1]: *** [debian/rules:15: override_dh_auto_build] Error 1


The full build log is available from:
http://qa-logs.debian.net/2021/10/23/nose_1.3.7-7_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!

If you reassign this bug to another package, please marking it as 'affects'-ing
this package. See https://www.debian.org/Bugs/server-control#affects

If you fail to reproduce this, please provide a build log and diff it with mine
so that we can identify if something relevant changed in the meantime.