[debhelper-devel] debhelp test fail when buil on Fedora arm

[Sérgio Basto]

On Sex, 2015-04-24 at 23:03 +0200, Niels Thykier wrote:
> On 2015-04-24 21:39, Sérgio Basto wrote:
> > Hi, 
> > when we try build last debhelper on Fedora arm  we got a test failed
> > [1]  
> > [...]
> > 
> > I have a bug report on bugzilla [2] where you got all information
> > available .
> > The most relevant info is on [3] and it says "Well, given for
> > armv7hl-redhat-linux-gnu, I think we want "armhfp" to be
> > our architecture... I wouldn't quite "blame" anyone, but we probably
> > need a translation layer between our triplet, and Debian's idea of what
> > it means."  
> > 
> > Anyway this package is an noarch, not arch dependent, and the Perl test
> > only fails on an arm builder.
> > Perl test proves or not, that can run incorrectly on Fedora arm and not
> > in a Debian arm ? 
> > This doesn't make sense, because package is an noarch,  so or the
> > test is wrong and can't test arches or debhelper is "archable" and we
> > got a problem only in arm , am I thinking correctly ?  
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks, 
> > 
> > [...]
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I suspect the setup made debhelper believe you were trying to
> cross-build the (test) package.
> 
> The debhelper "autoconf" build system includes the following piece
> (modulo forced line wraps):
> """
> # Provide --host only if different from --build, as recommended in
> # autotools-dev README.Debian: When provided (even if equal)
> # autoconf 2.52+ switches to cross-compiling mode.
> if (dpkg_architecture_value("DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE")
>     ne dpkg_architecture_value("DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE")) {
> 	push @opts, "--host=" . dpkg_architecture_value("DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE");
> }
> """
> 
> Which, at first glance, fits with the extra option triggering a test
> failure.
> 
> However, I am not able to figure out why this happens (only) on your arm
> box.  This might be related to the remark the mapping of dpkg architecture.
> 
> If possible, try to compare the output of the following commands in the
> arm box with the build failures:
>   dpkg-architecture -qDEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE
>   dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE
> 
> If they are not byte-for-byte identical, it will currently trigger the
> cross-build support and break the test.

Ok, that is a clue I will try find out. 

About Failed tests:  248, 252, 262, 266 , where I find those tests ?

Thanks,
-- 
Sérgio M. B.