[R-pkg-team] Bug#969494: r-cran-mice: autopkgtest regression: there is no package called ‘broom.mixed’

[Paul Gevers]

Source: r-cran-mice
Version: 3.10.0-1
X-Debbugs-CC: debian-ci at lists.debian.org
Severity: serious
User: debian-ci at lists.debian.org
Usertags: regression

Dear maintainer(s),

With a recent upload of r-cran-mice the autopkgtest of r-cran-mice fails
in testing when that autopkgtest is run with the binary packages of
r-cran-mice from unstable. It passes when run with only packages from
testing. In tabular form:

                       pass            fail
r-cran-mice            from testing    3.10.0-1
versioned deps [0]     from testing    from unstable
all others             from testing    from testing

I copied some of the output at the bottom of this report.

Currently this regression is blocking the migration to testing [1]. Can
you please investigate the situation and fix it?

More information about this bug and the reason for filing it can be found on
https://wiki.debian.org/ContinuousIntegration/RegressionEmailInformation

Paul

[0] You can see what packages were added from the second line of the log
file quoted below. The migration software adds source package from
unstable to the list if they are needed to install packages from
r-cran-mice/3.10.0-1. I.e. due to versioned dependencies or
breaks/conflicts.
[1] https://qa.debian.org/excuses.php?package=r-cran-mice

https://ci.debian.net/data/autopkgtest/testing/amd64/r/r-cran-mice/6894306/log.gz

autopkgtest [02:08:37]: test run-unit-test: [-----------------------
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> library(testthat)
> library(mice)

Attaching package: ‘mice’

The following objects are masked from ‘package:base’:

    cbind, rbind

>
> test_check("mice")
── 1. Error: (unknown) (@test-D3.R#48)
────────────────────────────────────────
there is no package called ‘broom.mixed’
Backtrace:
 1. base::library(broom.mixed, quietly = TRUE)

══ testthat results
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
[ OK: 299 | SKIPPED: 1 | WARNINGS: 0 | FAILED: 1 ]
1. Error: (unknown) (@test-D3.R#48)

Error: testthat unit tests failed
Execution halted
autopkgtest [02:09:14]: test run-unit-test: -----------------------]
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