Bug#857940: diffoscope: FTBFS: test errors

[Mattia Rizzolo]

On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 03:40:46PM +0000, Chris Lamb wrote:
> Assuming this is from...
> 
>   https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=diffoscope&arch=all&ver=79&stamp=1489658432&raw=0

yes.

> ... it appears to be caused by "graphicsmagick-imagemagick-compat"
> package being installed. With this package installed locally I can
> reproduce the test failures.

umh

> (Perhaps the/this experimental:all buildd is installing packages
> with Recommends, or a different APT pinning, or...?)

The buildds are using the aspcud sbuild resolver for experimental, this
might have something to do with that.
Anyhow, if a package causes the build to fail it should either be in
Build-Conflicts{,-Indep,-Arch}, or the package be fixed, imho (besides,
this is the same argument we brought to add those Build-Conflicts with
package failing to build with a buggy locales-all two years ago…).

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