Source: jed Version: 1:0.99.19-4 Your package currently FTBFS in unstable. From my pbuilder log:
,---- | i586-linux-gnu-gcc -g -Wall -Wformat=2 -Wunused -Wundef -Wextra -Wswitch-enum -Wpointer-arith -Wnested-externs -Wbad-function-cast -Wcast-qual -Wcast-align -Wshadow -O2 -I/usr/include/freetype2 -Dunix -DJED -DUSE_GPM_MOUSE -Wl,-export-dynamic /build/jed-0.99.19/src/chkslang.c -o /build/jed-0.99.19/src/objs/chkslang -Wl,-export-dynamic -Wl,-R/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu -L/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu -lslang -lgpm -ltermcap -lutil | /usr/bin/ld.bfd.real: cannot find -ltermcap `---- This is an unexpected fallout from the fix for bug #745479[1], I did not really consider it possible that packages use the ncurses5-config script without a build dependency on libncurses5-dev. Anyway, here's the analysis: The configure script tries to run "ncurses5-config --terminfo", and if this does not succeed, uses a hardcoded list of terminfo directories which unfortunately does not include the directories /etc/terminfo and /lib/terminfo which we ship in ncurses-base. Failing to find a terminfo directory, it then concludes that the system must be using termcap and adds "-ltermcap" to the linker line which fails. I will work around that by shipping an /usr/share/terminfo directory in ncurses-base, but jed might still FTBFS on the buildds until they upgrade their base system. Properly fixing this bug requires patching the buggy test in autoconf/aclocal.m4 and regenerating configure, but since jed does not currently build-depend on autoconf and uses dpatch which I haven't used for years I can't really come up with a patch. Sorry for the inconvenience. 1. https://bugs.debian.org/745479
