On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 11:34:25AM +0100, Andreas Tille wrote: > Hi Adrian,
Hi Andreas, > On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 10:43:35AM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > Source: scythe > > Version: 0.994-3 > > Severity: serious > > > > https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=scythe&suite=sid > > > > ... > > cc -g -O2 -fdebug-prefix-map=/«PKGBUILDDIR»=. -fstack-protector-strong > > -Wformat -Werror=format-security -O3 -Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wall > > -pedantic -DVERSION="0.994-3+b1" -std=gnu99 -fPIC -c src/scythe.c -o > > scythe.o > > src/scythe.c: In function 'main': > > <command-line>:0:17: error: 'b1' undeclared (first use in this function) > > ... > > Makefile:31: recipe for target 'scythe.o' failed > > make[2]: *** [scythe.o] Error 1 > > I've just upgraded my pbuilder chroot to make sure I can reproduce the > issue but I can't. Build runs smoothly and recreates the package on > amd64. > > Any further hints how to track down the issue? you need a binNMU version with +b1 in debian/changelog for seeing the FTBFS. The VERSION string "0.994-3+b1" is interpreted as arithmetic expression 0.994 - 3 + b1 A less fatal variant of this bug is already present in the non-binNMU version in stretch/unstable: $ scythe --version scythe version -2.006 scythe.c treating version numbers as floating point is pretty strange. And due to that, 0003-Get-package-version-from-dpkg-parsechangelog.patch causes these funny problems. > Kind regards > > Andreas. cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed
