Bug#921776: bliss: FTBFS (LaTeX error)

[Santiago Vila]

Package: src:bliss
Version: 0.73-2
Severity: serious
Tags: ftbfs

Dear maintainer:

I tried to build this package in buster but it failed:

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 debian/rules build-indep
dh build-indep --with autoreconf --builddirectory=_build --parallel
   dh_update_autotools_config -i -O--builddirectory=_build -O--parallel
   dh_autoreconf -i -O--builddirectory=_build -O--parallel
libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR, 'build-aux'.
libtoolize: copying file 'build-aux/ltmain.sh'
libtoolize: putting macros in AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS, 'm4'.
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/libtool.m4'
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltoptions.m4'
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltsugar.m4'
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltversion.m4'
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/lt~obsolete.m4'
configure.ac:19: installing 'build-aux/compile'
configure.ac:16: installing 'build-aux/config.guess'

[... snipped ...]

Generating file member index...
Generating example index...
finalizing index lists...
writing tag file...
lookup cache used 185/65536 hits=1285 misses=221
finished...
cd /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/_build/DEBIAN/doc/html && { \
	rm -f *.md5 jquery.js ; \
	rdfind -outputname /dev/null -makesymlinks true . ; \
	symlinks -r -c -s -v . ; \
	ln -sf /usr/share/javascript/jquery/jquery.js ; \
	}
Now scanning ".", found 60 files.
Now have 60 files in total.
Removed 0 files due to nonunique device and inode.
Total size is 384954 bytes or 376 KiB
Removed 60 files due to unique sizes from list.0 files left.
Now eliminating candidates based on first bytes:removed 0 files from list.0 files left.
Now eliminating candidates based on last bytes:removed 0 files from list.0 files left.
Now eliminating candidates based on sha1 checksum:removed 0 files from list.0 files left.
It seems like you have 0 files that are not unique
Totally, 0 B can be reduced.
Now making results file /dev/null
Now making symbolic links. creating 
Making 0 links.
cd /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/_build/DEBIAN/doc/latex && { \
	make && mv refman.pdf bliss_refman.pdf ; \
	}
make[3]: Entering directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/_build/DEBIAN/doc/latex'
rm -f *.ps *.dvi *.aux *.toc *.idx *.ind *.ilg *.log *.out *.brf *.blg *.bbl refman.pdf
pdflatex refman
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.19 (TeX Live 2019/dev/Debian) (preloaded format=pdflatex)
 restricted \write18 enabled.
entering extended mode
(./refman.tex
LaTeX2e <2018-12-01>

make[3]: *** [Makefile:6: refman.pdf] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/_build/DEBIAN/doc/latex'
make[2]: *** [debian/adhoc/Makefile:30: doc] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>'
make[1]: *** [debian/rules:16: override_dh_auto_build-indep] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>'
make: *** [debian/rules:13: build-indep] Error 2
dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules build-indep subprocess returned exit status 2
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(The above is just how the build ends and not necessarily the most relevant part)

The build was made in my autobuilder with "dpkg-buildpackage -A"
and it also fails here:

https://tests.reproducible-builds.org/debian/rb-pkg/unstable/amd64/bliss.html

where you can get a full build log if you need it.

If this is really a bug in one of the build-depends, please use reassign and affects,
so that this is still visible in the BTS web page for this package.

Thanks.