Control: reassign -1 r-cran-svglite
Control: affects -1 src:r-cran-webgestaltr

On Mon, Apr 28, 2025 at 12:09:33PM +0200, Chris Hofstaedtler wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 16, 2025 at 09:07:51PM +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
> > Relevant part (hopefully):
> > > make[1]: Entering directory 
> > > '/build/reproducible-path/r-cran-webgestaltr-0.4.6/src'
> > > make[1]: Leaving directory 
> > > '/build/reproducible-path/r-cran-webgestaltr-0.4.6/src'
> > > installing to 
> > > /build/reproducible-path/r-cran-webgestaltr-0.4.6/debian/r-cran-webgestaltr/usr/lib/R/site-library/00LOCK-r-cran-webgestaltr-0.4.6/00new/WebGestaltR/libs
> > > ** R
> > > ** inst
> > > ** byte-compile and prepare package for lazy loading
> > > Error in dyn.load(file, DLLpath = DLLpath, ...) : 
> > >   unable to load shared object 
> > > '/usr/lib/R/site-library/svglite/libs/svglite.so':
> > >   /usr/lib/R/site-library/svglite/libs/svglite.so: undefined symbol: 
> > > R_getVar
> > > Calls: <Anonymous> ... asNamespace -> loadNamespace -> library.dynam -> 
> > > dyn.load
> > > Execution halted
> > > ERROR: lazy loading failed for package ‘WebGestaltR’
> > > * removing 
> > > ‘/build/reproducible-path/r-cran-webgestaltr-0.4.6/debian/r-cran-webgestaltr/usr/lib/R/site-library/WebGestaltR’
> > > dh_auto_install: error: R CMD INSTALL -l 
> > > /build/reproducible-path/r-cran-webgestaltr-0.4.6/debian/r-cran-webgestaltr/usr/lib/R/site-library
> > >  --clean . "--built-timestamp='Thu, 29 Jun 2023 17:46:12 +0200'" returned 
> > > exit code 1
> > > make: *** [debian/rules:4: binary-arch] Error 25
> 
> I can confirm this in trixie.
> 
> Building in unstable works.

>From what I can tell:

r-cran-svglite is broken on armhf; it tries to use the symbol 
R_getVar. R_getVar was introduced in r-base 4.5.0-1. However trixie 
does not have r-base 4.5 yet.

You might now ask how this situation can arise. My guess is:
r-cran-svglite was binNMUed on armhf, after r-base 4.5.0-1 was 
uploaded to unstable. r-cran-svglite picks up the new symbol via 
r-cran-cpp11, which itself is arch:all - it providers headers 
r-cran-svglite uses to build.

The entire (build-)dependency chain seems unsound. Something should 
generate accurate versioned dependencies, so a binary from 
r-cran-svglite built with r-base 4.5.0-1 cannot be combined with 
r-base 4.4.

CC-ing release for awareness of this, IMO wider, problem.

Reassigning the bug to r-cran-svglite, as that uses the 
non-available symbol.

Just to be clear: this is NOT a 32bit-specific problem.

Chris

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