msc-generator ftbfs in -proposed on amd64

[Matthias Klose]

msc-generator ftbfs in -proposed on amd64, not seen in Debian.

seen at
https://launchpadlibrarian.net/724733182/buildlog_ubuntu-noble-amd64.msc-generator_8.5-1build1_BUILDING.txt.gz

now ignoring these for a first build.

uniq -c |\
  awk 'BEGIN{print "Summary:"} \
       $2 == "0" {print "no difference:",$1;next} \
       $2 == "6" {print "skipped:",$1;next} \
       {e = 1} \
       $2 == "1" {print "different pixels:",$1} \
       $2 == "2" {print "different size:",$1} \
       $2 == "3" {print "file reading error:",$1} \
       $2 == "4" {print "compile error:",$1} \
       $2 == "5" {print "TEI error:",$1} \
       END{exit e}' \
  && [ ! -s unit_tests ] \
  || [ "" = 1 ]
Summary:
no difference: 1171
different pixels: 4
make[4]: *** [Makefile:831: check-local] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/build-gui/tests'
make[3]: *** [Makefile:577: check-am] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/build-gui/tests'
make[2]: *** [Makefile:377: check-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/build-gui'

[Gábor Németh (homar)]

Hi,

I'm the maintainer of the upstream Debian package. The issue is due a harmless difference when testing in Debian vs. Ubuntu environments around pixmap manipulation, which does not affect the usability of the package itself. It will / can most probably be fixed in the next minor release upstream but I understand that would take a bit long for Ubuntu to make use of in 24.04.

I can prepare a small patch for Ubuntu builds only to make the test pass (actually be more lenient in accepting small pixel shade differences), but I don't know how to submit that to Ubuntu directly. Would that help putting this version in the upcoming Release? Please advise me.

BR,
Gábor