forcemerge 592466 613475 thanks Dear Len,
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 10:32:25AM -0500, Len Sorensen wrote: > On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 10:27:33PM -0500, Kumar Appaiah wrote: > > Could you please let me know if autoconf/automake are installed in the > > build environment? In other words, what is the output of > > > > dpkg -l | grep autoconf > > dpkg -l | grep automake > > > > If you do, this is a known bug (see > > <URL:http://bugs.debian.org/592466>). Please then try to remove those > > packages and rebuild. > > > > I am able to build in a clean sid chroot. > > I can confirm that. This is in fact a duplicate of bug 592466. > > Strange, since I thought I had started with a clean chroot, so not > sure how automake and autoconf got in there. Well something for me > to investigate. I used pbuilder; I don't think using sbuild would have caused a difference, but I'll try it for the sake of completeness later. > Given some of the buildd's have hit it too, perhaps something in > build-essentials or something else at some point caused automake > and autoconf to be added for some reason. Maybe sbuild is related. > No idea yet. Frankly, I don't see which buildds have seen this (yet): https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=elinks&suite=sid > Thanks for the help though. This was the first FTBFS package I > encountered in squeeze so far, and the fact it really isn't one is great. Well, this is still an irritating bug. The package is supposed to build even on an unclean environment (at least with auto* for elinks, this holds). A patch for this would be welcome; I'll try to look at it and create one. Thanks. Kumar -- Kumar Appaiah -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
