darcs 1.0.9 FTBFS in Hardy

[Daniel Hahler]

Binary package hint: darcs

darcs-1.0.9 from unstable fails to build from source in hardy-pbuilder:

checking for ghc... ghc
checking where GHC keeps its libraries... /usr/lib/ghc-6.8.2
checking GHC.Handle.openFd... NOT old API
checking GHC.Handle.openFd new API... failed
configure: error: Couldnt figure out how to call GHC.Handle.openFd!
make: *** [configure-stamp] Error 1
dpkg-buildpackage: failure: debian/rules build gave error exit status 2
pbuilder: Failed autobuilding of package
 -> Aborting with an error

[Iain Lane (laney)]

I found a patch for this issue here (http://darcs.net/cgi-bin/darcs.cgi/stable/?c=annotate&p=20071018135714-81bb2-bb6fc66eca547d1627532af27a52282cc22fc77c.gz). This allows darcs to compile successfully with GHC 6.8. I guess this patch should also be forwarded to Debian?

[Daniel Hahler (blueyed)]

Your debdiff still causes darcs to FTBFS:
dpkg-source: building darcs in darcs_1.0.9-1ubuntu1.dsc
 debian/rules build
dh_testdir
Applying debian/patches/openfd_configure_workaround.patch
autoconf
make: autoconf: Command not found
make: *** [patch-stamp] Error 127
dpkg-buildpackage: failure: debian/rules build gave error exit status 2
pbuilder: Failed autobuilding of package

You need to add autoconf somehow to the Build-Depends.. I'm not sure at all if it should get done that way though.. maybe rather update/patch the files created by autoconf?! (I don't know much about autoconf and such..)

As far as I can see, it probably also affects Debian, yes.. although I could not find any FTBFS bug related to this at http://bugs.debian.org/darcs.

[Iain Lane (laney)]

Here's an updated version, which I have now tested in pbuilder - sorry about that. Per slangasek on IRC, I've build-depended on autoconf.

[Daniel Hahler (blueyed)]

Thanks. Uploaded.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package darcs - 1.0.9-1ubuntu1

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darcs (1.0.9-1ubuntu1) hardy; urgency=low

  * Patch aclocal.m4 to fix FTBFS. Requires build-dep on autoconf.
    Changed files: debian/rules, debian/control,
    debian/patches/openfd_configure_workaround.patch (LP: #188489)
  * Add libghc6-regex-compat-dev and libghc6-parsec-dev to build-dep.
    Changed files: debian/control
  * Modify Maintainer value to match the DebianMaintainerField
    specification.

 -- Iain Lane <email address hidden> Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:03:07 +0000