[buildd-tools-devel] Bug#549407: ivtools 1.2.6-1 FTBFS on sparc and powerpc

[Agustin Martin]

On Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 01:07:51PM +0100, Agustin Martin wrote:
> That is, #549407 is still present in powerpc and sparc (retitling to note
> that). 
> 
> In the meantime I have sucessfully built ivtools 1.2.6-1+nmu2 in smetana, a
> Debian sparc machine with no changes at all in the package. Just built fine
> out of the box (nmu1 also did). So #549407 is really confusing. Noting that
> smetana is a dual UltraSparc IIIi v210 while lebrun, the sparc autobuilder,
> is a Dual UltraSparc III 750Mhz.
> 
> powerpc problem is exacly the same and did not appear for 1.2.6-1, only
> appeared after 1.2.6-1+nmu1. However, nothing related to that was changed in
> the nmu. The only change was that 1.2.6-1 was built in voltaire (a Dual G4
> PowerPC 500Mhz) while 1.2.6-1+nmu1 was built in praetorius (IBM p690 LPAR, 2
> x POWER4 1.3GHz). Everything else regarding compilation was exactly the
> same.
> 
> I have looked a bit more at the build log and the supposedly missing files,
> and they are non-dangling symlinks shipped in upstream tarball, seem no
> missing at all. 
> 
> So, I am extremely confused about this bug. All the above seems to point to
> a race condition, but I cannot find out where it happens.
> 
> I can put more -j1 in package debian/rules and see what happens when
> uploading again, but I really dislike that. I also have the sparc debs built
> at smetana that could be uploaded. Did not try in a powerpc box.

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Hmm, what is this? Looking in the build logs just before the breakage,