Package: lintian Version: 2.114 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer,
I noticed that since version 2.110, lintian fails Ubuntu autopkgtests [1][2] because of the following compilation error, any clue? make[1]: Entering directory '/tmp/autopkgtest.wCvt5C/autopkgtest_tmp/build-and-evaluate-test-packages/packages/checks/binaries/prerequisites/numpy/binaries-missing-depends-on-numpy-abi/binaries-missing-depends-on-numpy-abi-1.0' debian/rules:7: target 'binary' does not exist dh binary --buildsystem pybuild dh_update_autotools_config -O--buildsystem=pybuild dh_autoreconf -O--buildsystem=pybuild dh_auto_configure -O--buildsystem=pybuild I: pybuild base:237: python3.9 setup.py config running config I: pybuild base:237: python3.10 setup.py config /tmp/autopkgtest.wCvt5C/autopkgtest_tmp/build-and-evaluate-test-packages/packages/checks/binaries/prerequisites/numpy/binaries-missing-depends-on-numpy-abi/binaries-missing-depends-on-numpy-abi-1.0/setup.py:1: DeprecationWarning: The distutils package is deprecated and slated for removal in Python 3.12. Use setuptools or check PEP 632 for potential alternatives import distutils.core running config dh_auto_build -O--buildsystem=pybuild I: pybuild base:237: /usr/bin/python3.9 setup.py build running build running build_ext building 'basic' extension creating build creating build/temp.linux-x86_64-3.9 x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc -Wno-unused-result -Wsign-compare -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O2 -Wall -g -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -g -fwrapv -O2 -g -O2 -ffile-prefix-map=/tmp/autopkgtest.wCvt5C/autopkgtest_tmp/build-and-evaluate-test-packages/packages/checks/binaries/prerequisites/numpy/binaries-missing-depends-on-numpy-abi/binaries-missing-depends-on-numpy-abi-1.0=. -flto=auto -ffat-lto-objects -flto=auto -ffat-lto-objects -specs=/usr/share/dpkg/no-pie-compile.specs -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fPIC -I/usr/include/python3.9 -c basic.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-3.9/basic.o In file included from /usr/include/python3.9/numpy/ndarraytypes.h:1969, from /usr/include/python3.9/numpy/ndarrayobject.h:12, from /usr/include/python3.9/numpy/arrayobject.h:4, from basic.c:2: /usr/include/python3.9/numpy/npy_1_7_deprecated_api.h:17:2: warning: #warning "Using deprecated NumPy API, disable it with " "#define NPY_NO_DEPRECATED_API NPY_1_7_API_VERSION" [-Wcpp] 17 | #warning "Using deprecated NumPy API, disable it with " \ | ^~~~~~~ basic.c: In function 'do_import_array': basic.c:17:5: warning: 'return' with a value, in function returning void [-Wreturn-type] 17 | import_array(); | ^~~~~~~~~~~~ basic.c:15:6: note: declared here 15 | void do_import_array(void) | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc -shared -Wl,-O1 -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -g -fwrapv -O2 -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -flto=auto -ffat-lto-objects -flto=auto -specs=/usr/share/dpkg/no-pie-link.specs -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now -Wl,--no-as-needed -g -O2 -ffile-prefix-map=/tmp/autopkgtest.wCvt5C/autopkgtest_tmp/build-and-evaluate-test-packages/packages/checks/binaries/prerequisites/numpy/binaries-missing-depends-on-numpy-abi/binaries-missing-depends-on-numpy-abi-1.0=. -flto=auto -ffat-lto-objects -flto=auto -ffat-lto-objects -specs=/usr/share/dpkg/no-pie-compile.specs -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 build/temp.linux-x86_64-3.9/basic.o -o /tmp/autopkgtest.wCvt5C/autopkgtest_tmp/build-and-evaluate-test-packages/packages/checks/binaries/prerequisites/numpy/binaries-missing-depends-on-numpy-abi/binaries-missing-depends-on-numpy-abi-1.0/.pybuild/cpython3_3.9/build/basic.cpython-39-x86_64-linux-gnu.so /usr/bin/ld: /tmp/ccqS1KST.ltrans0.ltrans.o: relocation R_X86_64_32 against `.rodata.str1.1' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC /usr/bin/ld: failed to set dynamic section sizes: bad value collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status error: command '/usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc' failed with exit code 1 [1] https://autopkgtest.ubuntu.com/packages/lintian/jammy/amd64 [2] https://autopkgtest.ubuntu.com/results/autopkgtest-jammy/jammy/amd64/l/lintian/20211105_201948_f270b@/log.gz -- System Information: Debian Release: 11.0 APT prefers impish-updates APT policy: (500, 'impish-updates'), (500, 'impish-security'), (500, 'impish-proposed'), (500, 'impish'), (100, 'impish-backports') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 5.13.0-28-generic (SMP w/16 CPU threads) Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_WARN, TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US.UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled Versions of packages lintian depends on: ii binutils 2.37-7ubuntu1 ii bzip2 1.0.8-4ubuntu3 ii diffstat 1.64-1 ii dpkg 1.20.9ubuntu2 ii dpkg-dev 1.20.9ubuntu2 ii file 1:5.39-3 ii gettext 0.21-4ubuntu3 ii gpg 2.2.20-1ubuntu4 ii intltool-debian 0.35.0+20060710.5 ii libapt-pkg-perl 0.1.40 ii libarchive-zip-perl 1.68-1 ii libcapture-tiny-perl 0.48-1 ii libclass-xsaccessor-perl 1.19-3build7 ii libclone-perl 0.45-1build1 ii libconfig-tiny-perl 2.26-1 ii libcpanel-json-xs-perl 4.25-1build1 ii libdata-dpath-perl 0.58-1 ii libdata-validate-domain-perl 0.10-1.1 ii libdevel-size-perl 0.83-1build3 ii libdpkg-perl 1.20.9ubuntu2 ii libemail-address-xs-perl 1.04-1build5 ii libfile-basedir-perl 0.08-1 ii libfile-find-rule-perl 0.34-1 ii libfont-ttf-perl 1.06-1.1 ii libhtml-html5-entities-perl 0.004-1.1 ii libipc-run3-perl 0.048-2 ii libjson-maybexs-perl 1.004003-1 ii liblist-compare-perl 0.55-1 ii liblist-moreutils-perl 0.430-2 ii liblist-utilsby-perl 0.11-1 ii libmoo-perl 2.004004-1 ii libmoox-aliases-perl 0.001006-1.1 ii libnamespace-clean-perl 0.27-1 ii libpath-tiny-perl 0.118-1 ii libperlio-gzip-perl 0.19-1build7 ii libproc-processtable-perl 0.59-2build2 ii libsereal-decoder-perl 4.018+ds-1build1 ii libsereal-encoder-perl 4.018+ds-1build1 ii libtext-glob-perl 0.11-1 ii libtext-levenshteinxs-perl 0.03-4build9 ii libtext-markdown-discount-perl 0.12-1build2 ii libtext-xslate-perl 3.5.8-1build2 ii libtime-duration-perl 1.21-1 ii libtime-moment-perl 0.44-1build4 ii libtimedate-perl 2.3300-2 ii libtry-tiny-perl 0.30-1 ii libtype-tiny-perl 1.012002-1 ii libunicode-utf8-perl 0.62-1build2 ii liburi-perl 5.08-1 ii libxml-libxml-perl 2.0134+dfsg-2build1 ii libyaml-libyaml-perl 0.82+repack-1build1 ii lzip 1.22-3 ii lzop 1.04-2build1 ii man-db 2.9.4-2 ii patchutils 0.4.2-1 ii perl [libdigest-sha-perl] 5.32.1-3ubuntu3 ii t1utils 1.41-4build1 ii unzip 6.0-26ubuntu1 ii xz-utils 5.2.5-2 lintian recommends no packages. Versions of packages lintian suggests: pn binutils-multiarch <none> ii libtext-template-perl 1.59-1