[Python-modules-team] Bug#521525: python-numpy: FTBFS: Fails to install f2py wrapper

[Ondrej Certik]

On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 3:27 AM, Cyril Brulebois<kibi at debian.org> wrote:
> tag 521525 patch pending
> thanks
>
> Daniel Schepler <schepler at math.berkeley.edu> (27/03/2009):
>> ...
>> : # Adding links to manpages
>> mkdir -p debian/python-numpy/usr/share/man/man1
>> for v in 2.5 2.4; do \
>>           ln -sf f2py.1 debian/python-numpy/usr/share/man/man1/f2py$v.1; \
>>           ln -sf f2py.1 debian/python-numpy/usr/share/man/man1/f2py$v-dbg.1; \
>>         done
>> : # Add unversioned numpy script
>> mv /tmp/buildd/python-numpy-1.2.1/debian/tmp//usr/bin/f2py /tmp/buildd/python-
>> numpy-1.2.1/debian/tmp//usr/bin/f2py2.5
>> mv: cannot stat `/tmp/buildd/python-numpy-1.2.1/debian/tmp//usr/bin/f2py': No such file or directory
>> make: *** [install/python-numpy] Error 1
>> dpkg-buildpackage: failure: fakeroot debian/rules binary gave error exit status 2
>
> I'm not quite sure why it was previously building fine, but since I can
> reproduce it on the kfreebsd-* buildds as well as on amd64 sid chroots.
> So instead of using a conditional mv (based on whether the file exists
> or not), I'm deleting that line entirely. If the old behaviour shows up
> again, I guess it'll be time to investigate. I'd bet for some possible
> python-central change or whatever, and I'm not keen on spending time on
> that instead of the maintainer(s?) who didn't reply in 3 months to an RC
> bug. Also, debdiffing the old binaries and the rebuilt ones show no
> changes at all, so I'm quite confident I'm not obviously breaking
> something here.

Many thanks for fixing it!

I apologize for not having time for this.

Ondrej