debian-installer-netboot-images version 20101127 failed to build on i386

[Matthias Klose]

debian-installer-netboot-images version 20101127 failed to build on i386
Link to failed build: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/test-rebuild-20110329/+buildjob/2390870

Direct link to the build log: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/test-rebuild-20110329/+buildjob/2390870/+files/buildlog_ubuntu-natty-i386.debian-installer-netboot-images_20101127_FAILEDTOBUILD.txt.gz

This log snippet might be of interest, since it triggered the matcher 'Purging chroot-autobuild'.
Excerpt 780 lines into the build log:

   dh_clean
 debian/rules build
dh build
   dh_testdir
   dh_auto_configure
   dh_auto_build
   dh_auto_test
 /usr/bin/fakeroot debian/rules binary
dh binary
   dh_testroot
   dh_prep
   dh_installdirs
   debian/rules override_dh_auto_install
make[1]: Entering directory `/build/buildd/debian-installer-netboot-images-20101127'
./get-images.sh
--2011-04-03 10:58:54-- http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/sid/main/installer-amd64/20101127/images/netboot/netboot.tar.gz
Resolving ftp.debian.org... failed: Name or service not known.
wget: unable to resolve host address `ftp.debian.org'
--2011-04-03 10:58:54-- http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/sid/main/installer-amd64/20101127/images/MANIFEST
Resolving ftp.debian.org... failed: Name or service not known.
wget: unable to resolve host address `ftp.debian.org'
make[1]: *** [override_dh_auto_install] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/build/buildd/debian-installer-netboot-images-20101127'
make: *** [binary] Error 2
dpkg-buildpackage: error: /usr/bin/fakeroot debian/rules binary gave error exit status 2
******************************************************************************
Build finished at 20110403-1058
FAILED [dpkg-buildpackage died]
Purging chroot-autobuild/build/buildd/debian-installer-netboot-images-20101127

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

We should just remove this; it's not going to be feasible to maintain it for Ubuntu, given the frequency of installer uploads. It's never built in Ubuntu.

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

2011-09-08 23:01:56 INFO Creating lockfile: /var/lock/launchpad-lp-remove-package.lock
2011-09-08 23:02:05 INFO Removing candidates:
2011-09-08 23:02:05 INFO debian-installer-netboot-images 20110106.squeeze1 in oneiric
2011-09-08 23:02:05 INFO Removed-by: Colin Watson
2011-09-08 23:02:05 INFO Comment: Debian-specific; impractical to maintain for Ubuntu; LP: #749168
2011-09-08 23:02:05 INFO 1 package successfully removed.
Confirm this transaction? [yes, no] yes
2011-09-08 23:02:11 INFO Transaction committed.
2011-09-08 23:02:11 INFO The archive will be updated in the next publishing cycle.