actdiag: FTBFS: TypeError: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, bool found

[Logan Rosen]

Imported from Debian bug http://bugs.debian.org/798547:

Source: actdiag
Version: 0.5.3-4
Severity: serious
Justification: fails to build from source
User: <email address hidden>
Usertags: ftbfs
X-Debbugs-Cc: <email address hidden>

Dear Maintainer,

actdiag fails to build from source in unstable/amd64:

  [..]

     dh_auto_test -O--buildsystem=pybuild
  I: pybuild base:170: cd
  /tmp/buildd/actdiag-0.5.3/.pybuild/pythonX.Y_2.7/build; python2.7 -m
  nose
  .SSSE.........................................
  ======================================================================
  ERROR: test_pep8.test_pep8
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nose/case.py", line 197, in
    runTest
      self.test(*self.arg)
    File
    "/tmp/buildd/actdiag-0.5.3/.pybuild/pythonX.Y_2.7/build/actdiag/tests/test_pep8.py",
    line 18, in test_pep8
      pep8style = pep8.StyleGuide(arglist, parse_argv=False,
      config_file=True)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pep8.py", line 1788, in
    __init__
      arglist, parse_argv, config_file, parser)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pep8.py", line 2074, in
    process_options
      options = read_config(options, args, arglist, parser)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pep8.py", line 1987, in
    read_config
      if cli_conf and os.path.isfile(cli_conf):
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/genericpath.py", line 37, in isfile
      st = os.stat(path)
  TypeError: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, bool found

  ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  Ran 46 tests in 1.276s

  FAILED (SKIP=3, errors=1)
  E: pybuild pybuild:262: test: plugin distutils failed with: exit
  code=1: cd /tmp/buildd/actdiag-0.5.3/.pybuild/pythonX.Y_2.7/build;
  python2.7 -m nose
  dh_auto_test: pybuild --test --test-nose -i python{version} -p 2.7
  --dir . returned exit code 13
  debian/rules:10: recipe for target 'build' failed
  make: *** [build] Error 25
  dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules build gave error exit status 2

  [..]

The full build log is attached or can be viewed here:

    https://reproducible.debian.net/logs/unstable/amd64/actdiag_0.5.3-4.build1.log.gz

Regards,

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