[Python-modules-team] Bug#665224: ipython: FTBFS: tries to access $HOME

[Lucas Nussbaum]

Source: ipython
Version: 0.12-1
Severity: serious
Tags: wheezy sid
User: debian-qa at lists.debian.org
Usertags: qa-ftbfs-20120321 qa-ftbfs
Justification: FTBFS on amd64

Hi,

During a rebuild of all packages in sid, your package failed to build on
amd64.

Relevant part:
> make[2]: Entering directory `/«PKGBUILDDIR»/docs'
> python autogen_api.py
> /«PKGBUILDDIR»/IPython/utils/path.py:289: UserWarning: IPython parent '/sbuild-nonexistent' is not a writable location, using a temp directory.
>   " using a temp directory."%parent)
> WARNING: Empty - IPython
> WARNING: Empty - IPython.config
> WARNING: Empty - IPython.core
> WARNING: Empty - IPython.core.release
> WARNING: Empty - IPython.core.shadowns
> WARNING: Empty - IPython.core.usage
> WARNING: Empty - IPython.lib
> WARNING: Empty - IPython.nbformat
> WARNING: Empty - IPython.nbformat.v1
> WARNING: Empty - IPython.parallel
> WARNING: Empty - IPython.parallel.apps
> WARNING: Empty - IPython.parallel.client
> WARNING: Empty - IPython.parallel.controller
> WARNING: Empty - IPython.parallel.engine
> WARNING: Empty - IPython.parallel.scripts
> WARNING: Empty - IPython.scripts
> WARNING: Empty - IPython.testing.plugin
> WARNING: Empty - IPython.testing.plugin.iptest
> WARNING: Empty - IPython.testing.plugin.simplevars
> WARNING: Empty - IPython.utils
> WARNING: Empty - IPython.utils.cursesimport
> WARNING: Empty - IPython.utils.localinterfaces
> WARNING: Empty - IPython.utils.rlineimpl
> WARNING: Empty - IPython.utils.tempdir
> 144 files written
> Build API docs finished.
> mkdir -p build/html build/doctrees
> sphinx-build -b html -d build/doctrees   source build/html
> Running Sphinx v1.1.3
> 
> Exception occurred:
>   File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/sphinx/cmdline.py", line 188, in main
>     warningiserror, tags)
>   File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/sphinx/application.py", line 114, in __init__
>     self.setup_extension(extension)
>   File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/sphinx/application.py", line 247, in setup_extension
>     mod = __import__(extension, None, None, ['setup'])
>   File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/matplotlib/__init__.py", line 767, in <module>
>     rcParams = rc_params()
>   File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/matplotlib/__init__.py", line 685, in rc_params
>     fname = matplotlib_fname()
>   File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/matplotlib/__init__.py", line 597, in matplotlib_fname
>     fname = os.path.join(get_configdir(), 'matplotlibrc')
>   File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/matplotlib/__init__.py", line 246, in wrapper
>     ret = func(*args, **kwargs)
>   File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/matplotlib/__init__.py", line 471, in _get_configdir
>     raise RuntimeError("Failed to create %s/.matplotlib; consider setting MPLCONFIGDIR to a writable directory for matplotlib configuration data"%h)
> RuntimeError: Failed to create /sbuild-nonexistent/.matplotlib; consider setting MPLCONFIGDIR to a writable directory for matplotlib configuration data
> The full traceback has been saved in /tmp/sphinx-err-a8q9n0.log, if you want to report the issue to the developers.
> Please also report this if it was a user error, so that a better error message can be provided next time.
> Either send bugs to the mailing list at <http://groups.google.com/group/sphinx-dev/>,
> or report them in the tracker at <http://bitbucket.org/birkenfeld/sphinx/issues/>. Thanks!
> make[2]: *** [html] Error 1

The full build log is available from:
   http://people.debian.org/~lucas/logs/2012/03/21/ipython_0.12-1.log

A list of current common problems and possible solutions is available at 
http://wiki.debian.org/qa.debian.org/FTBFS . You're welcome to contribute!

About the archive rebuild: The rebuild was done on about 50 AMD64 nodes
of the Grid'5000 platform, using a clean chroot.  Internet was not
accessible from the build systems.