Bug#602453: pd-pmpd: FTBFS - unoconv needs writable $HOME

[Felipe Sateler]

On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 20:29, Aaron M. Ucko <ucko at debian.org> wrote:
> Package: pd-pmpd
> Version: 0.9-1
> Severity: serious
> Justification: fails to build from source
>
> pd-pmpd fires up unoconv to convert its manual from Star Office's
> native format to PDF, but unoconv evidently needs a writable $HOME for
> whatever reason:
>
> | unoconv -f pdf /build/buildd-pd-pmpd_0.9-1-i386-D5fhxp/pd-pmpd-0.9/manual/pmpd.sxw
> | stat: cannot read file system information for `/home/buildd': No such file or directory
> | [Java framework] Error in function createSettingsDocument (elements.cxx).
> | javaldx failed!
> | Error: Unable to connect or start own listener. Aborting.
> | make[1]: *** [override_dh_auto_build] Error 251
>
> To address this, you could either create and use a temporary $HOME or
> split the docs and examples out into architecture-independent packages
> (or perhaps a single such).
>
> Could you please do so?

Hmm, this seemed to work on at least ia64 and the uploading host
(built in a pbuilder chroot). And now I get failures on DISPLAY not
being set on a pbuilder chroot.

Vincent, do you know which environment variables need to be set
correctly to use unoconv?


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Saludos,
Felipe Sateler