[Reproducible-builds] Missing dependencies aren't actually missing

[Nikolaus Rath]

On Mar 01 2015, Mattia Rizzolo <mattia-P8aEV1VIL9RAfugRpC6u6w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 09:59:01PM -0800, Nikolaus Rath wrote:
>> Hello,
>
> Hi there!
> First, thank you for contacting us.

I think the thanks is really due to you for working on this. Least I can
do is try to help with my packages :-).

>> https://reproducible.debian.net/rb-pkg/s3ql.html claims that S3QL has
>> missing dependencies. If I interpret the build log correctly, the
>> python3-dugong package is missing. But that's actually available in sid:
>> https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/python-dugong
>> 
>> Is not available for reproducible builds, because it cannot be build
>> reprocibly itself?
>
> Most likely that was a temporary failure due to $weird_things_happen.
>
> We performed a rebuild, and your package still FTBFS.
> This time it looks like it fails at a test with the error
>     dugong.ConnectionClosed: connection closed unexpectedly
> which is quite nasty at the sight (I don't know what that means).
> Does this mean that the package tries to connect to the internet?

No, it should not. It opens its own mock server on localhost using the
any available port.

Any chance this is also due to $weird_things? Both the regular unstable
build and the last ci test from two days ago with don't have that
problem (cf. http://ci.debian.net/packages/s/s3ql/unstable/amd64/).

Best,
-Nikolaus

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