gnome-voice-control FTBFS in Gutsy, crashes on running

[Saša Bodiroža]

Binary package hint: gnome-voice-control

Hello,

gnome-voice-control build depends on automake-1.9, which doesn't exist in gutsy. gnome-voice-control is not multibuild safe (after removed automake-1.9 build-dependency and automake call in debian/rules), because it removes gnome-doc-utils.make on "make distclean". It also fails to start because it installs in /usr/libexec, instead of /usr/lib/gnome-voice-control.

This bugs have been addresed in development version (see LP #219303 [1]) by:
 * removing gnome-doc-utils.make from DISTCLEANFILES in Makefile.{am,in}.
 * changing the APPLET_LOCATION from $(prefix)/libexec/voice_control_applet to $(libexecdir)/voice_control_applet. $(libexecdir) is set in debian/rules to be /usr/lib/gnome-voice-control. This has been applied in 0.2-0ubuntu2, but has been reverted back in some later version.
 * automake call in debian/rules, and automake build-dependency have been removed in order to make sure these changes won't be reverted again. I would leave it like this, until upstream provides better make files. This, and previous bug will also be discussed with the upstream.

To reproduce a FTBFS, grab gnome-voice-control 0.2-0ubuntu4 [2], and try to build it. It will report unsatisfiable build-dependency.
To reproduce multibuild failing (once automake call is removed from debian/rules, and automake-1.9 is removed from Build-deps), run "make distclean" after build, and try to build it again. It will fail, because of missing gnome-doc-utils.make.
To reproduce applet crash, once 0.2-0ubuntu4 is installed (after first change), try to add it to the Gnome's panel. It will fail to start.

As far as I can see, this patch has no regression potential.

[1] <https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/219303>
[2] <https://edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/gutsy/+source/gnome-voice-control/0.2-0ubuntu4>

[Luca Falavigna (dktrkranz)]

Is automake call removal necessary to avoid FTBFS or to have this package working again?
Also, keep in mind target must be gutsy-proposed.

[Sergio Zanchetta (primes2h)]

The 18 month support period for Gutsy Gibbon 7.10 has reached its end of life -
http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-7.10-eol . As a result, we are closing the
Gutsy task.