libdbusmenu ftbfs in 18.04 LTS

[Matthias Klose]

[Impact]

according to
http://people.canonical.com/~doko/ftbfs-report/test-rebuild-20181222-bionic.html

libdbusmenu ftbfs.

It is important that main packages all build correctly in case security updates need to be released for the package.

[Test Case]

Ensure that the new package builds successfully. No sanity-testing required as the build failure is caused by a test issue.

[Regression Potential]

None. The package FBTFS because of a test-tooling regression regarding documentation. The test has been modified to work and run.

[Original Description]

FAIL: test_libdbusmenu_glib_gtkdoc
==================================

TEST: /usr/bin/gtkdoc-check... (pid=20512)
usage: gtkdoc-check [-h] [--version]
gtkdoc-check: error: unrecognized arguments: --quiet --keep-going -m=quick --GTestLogFD=4
FAIL: /usr/bin/gtkdoc-check
FAIL test_libdbusmenu_glib_gtkdoc (exit status: 1)

FAIL: test_libdbusmenu_gtk_gtkdoc
=================================

TEST: /usr/bin/gtkdoc-check... (pid=20525)
usage: gtkdoc-check [-h] [--version]
gtkdoc-check: error: unrecognized arguments: --quiet --keep-going -m=quick --GTestLogFD=4
FAIL: /usr/bin/gtkdoc-check
FAIL test_libdbusmenu_gtk_gtkdoc (exit status: 1)

============================================================================
Testsuite summary for libdbusmenu 16.04.0
============================================================================
# TOTAL: 16
# PASS: 14
# SKIP: 0
# XFAIL: 0
# FAIL: 2
# XPASS: 0
# ERROR: 0
============================================================================
See tests/test-suite.log
Please report to <email address hidden>
============================================================================
Makefile:1946: recipe for target 'test-suite.log' failed
make[5]: *** [test-suite.log] Error 1
make[5]: Leaving directory '/<<BUILDDIR>>/libdbusmenu-16.04.1+18.04.20171206/builddir/gtk2/tests'
Makefile:2052: recipe for target 'check-TESTS' failed
make[4]: *** [check-TESTS] Error 2
make[4]: Leaving directory '/<<BUILDDIR>>/libdbusmenu-16.04.1+18.04.20171206/builddir/gtk2/tests'
Makefile:2230: recipe for target 'check-am' failed
make[3]: *** [check-am] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory '/<<BUILDDIR>>/libdbusmenu-16.04.1+18.04.20171206/builddir/gtk2/tests'
Makefile:487: recipe for target 'check-recursive' failed
make[2]: *** [check-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory '/<<BUILDDIR>>/libdbusmenu-16.04.1+18.04.20171206/builddir/gtk2'
dh_auto_test: cd builddir/gtk2 && make -j1 check VERBOSE=1 returned exit code 2
debian/rules:42: recipe for target 'dotest-gtk2' failed
make[1]: *** [dotest-gtk2] Error 2

[Łukasz Zemczak (sil2100)]

Uploaded to the bionic Unapproved queue. Test build can be seen in this silo:
https://launchpad.net/~ci-train-ppa-service/+archive/ubuntu/3615/+packages

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Hello Matthias, or anyone else affected,

Accepted libdbusmenu into bionic-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libdbusmenu/16.04.1+18.04.20171206-0ubuntu2 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested and change the tag from verification-needed-bionic to verification-done-bionic. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-bionic. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance for helping!

N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days.

[Łukasz Zemczak (sil2100)]

The libdbusmenu 16.04.1+18.04.20171206-0ubuntu2 package builds fine:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libdbusmenu/16.04.1+18.04.20171206-0ubuntu2

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package libdbusmenu - 16.04.1+18.04.20171206-0ubuntu2

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libdbusmenu (16.04.1+18.04.20171206-0ubuntu2) bionic; urgency=medium

  * Added debian/patches/fix-gtkdoc-checks.patch:
    - Fix FTBFS on bionic (LP: #1813583).

 -- Łukasz 'sil2100' Zemczak <email address hidden> Fri, 25 Jan 2019 13:22:04 +0100

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

The verification of the Stable Release Update for libdbusmenu has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.