diff-ext version 0.3.2-2 failed to build in oneiric

[Matthias Klose]

diff-ext version 0.3.2-2 failed to build in oneiric
Link to failed build: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/test-rebuild-20110816/+build/2691492

Details about the rebuild:
http://people.ubuntuwire.org/~wgrant/rebuild-ftbfs-test/test-rebuild-20110816-oneiric.html

Direct link to the build log: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/test-rebuild-20110816/+build/2691492/+files/buildlog_ubuntu-oneiric-amd64.diff-ext_0.3.2-2_FAILEDTOBUILD.txt.gz

This log snippet might be of interest, since it triggered the matcher 'Purging chroot-autobuild'.
Excerpt 1188 lines into the build log:

main.c:61:32: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default]
main.c: In function 'diff3':
main.c:91:32: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default]
main.c: In function 'menu_provider_interface_init':
main.c:299:8: error: 'NautilusMenuProviderIface' has no member named 'get_toolbar_items'
make[4]: *** [main.lo] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory `/build/buildd/diff-ext-0.3.2/diff-ext/src'
make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/build/buildd/diff-ext-0.3.2/diff-ext'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/build/buildd/diff-ext-0.3.2'
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/build/buildd/diff-ext-0.3.2'
make: *** [build-stamp] Error 2
dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules build gave error exit status 2
******************************************************************************
Build finished at 20110820-0419
FAILED [dpkg-buildpackage died]
Purging chroot-autobuild/build/buildd/diff-ext-0.3.2

[Dave Walker (davewalker)]

Attached branch resolves FTBFS, but binary still doesn't /seem/ to work properly. (First time i've tried it, so might be using it wrong.)

I believe it needs more work to port to Gnome 3.

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

some feedback from the desktop team would be nice

[Andrew Starr-Bochicchio (andrewsomething)]

This is a nautilus extension. As nautilus 3.x is of course written with GTK 3, this needs to be ported to GTK 3 as well since linking to both GTK 2 and GTK 3 in the same process is not supported. This is Debian Bug 637314.

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=637314

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

needs porting to gtk3, which isn't done upstream (since 2009)

2011-09-29 09:11:44 INFO Removing candidates:
2011-09-29 09:11:44 INFO diff-ext 0.3.2-2 in oneiric
2011-09-29 09:11:44 INFO Removed-by: Matthias Klose
2011-09-29 09:11:44 INFO Comment: FTFBS in oneiric, see LP: #831230, Debian #637314
2011-09-29 09:11:45 INFO 1 package successfully removed.

[Andrea Veri (av)]

I personally pinged upstream about this and Sergey (main upstream developer) is actually working on porting diff-ext to GTK3. I will upload an updated package into Debian as soon as a new upstream release will be published.

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

thanks for the update, there is no reason why it shouldn't re-enter into the p-series.

[Andrea Veri (av)]

I've also updated Debian's bug (#637314) accordingly, it actually went out of my TODO list. Matthias, should we set this bug report as confirmed again or should we keep it as it is until a new upstream release will be pushed to Debian?

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

On 09/29/2011 05:54 PM, Andrea Veri wrote:
> I've also updated Debian's bug (#637314) accordingly, it actually went
> out of my TODO list. Matthias, should we set this bug report as
> confirmed again or should we keep it as it is until a new upstream
> release will be pushed to Debian?

keep it as won't fix, and the next version uploaded to unstable will be synced
during the next release cycle.

[Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur)]

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[Märt Põder (boamaod)]

Encounting the problem of missing diff-ext in Oneiric, I created a quick replica in Pyhton that does it for me: https://launchpad.net/nautilus-compare

[Andrea Veri (av)]

I just had a look at nautilus-compare and it does its work pretty much well. Diff-ext's upstream is currently unavailable and converting it to GTK3 is definitely not an easy task. Will you maintain your software in the future in case of bugs or issues? I can eventually upload it to Debian and ask for diff-ext's removal if we won't find any other good solution. Feel free to mail me if you want to discuss this more.

[Leo Iannacone (l3on)]

This should be a "Won't Fix", because package has dropped from debian archives:

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=646810

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

then it should be removed from precise

[Andrew Starr-Bochicchio (andrewsomething)]

It's not in precise.

$ rmadison diff-ext
  diff-ext | 0.2.3-3ubuntu1 | hardy/universe | source, amd64, hppa, i386, ia64, lpia, powerpc, sparc
  diff-ext | 0.3.2-1 | lucid/universe | source, amd64, armel, i386, ia64, powerpc, sparc
  diff-ext | 0.3.2-1 | maverick/universe | source, amd64, armel, i386, powerpc
  diff-ext | 0.3.2-1 | natty/universe | source, amd64, armel, i386, powerpc

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

Indeed, and apparently never was:

  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/diff-ext/+publishinghistory
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/oneiric/+source/diff-ext/0.3.2-2