Bug#1038447: librsvg: FTBFS on big-endian architectures: multiple test regressions since September 2022

[Simon McVittie]

On Mon, 28 Aug 2023 at 06:05:57 +0000, Gayathri Berli wrote:
> Unfortunately, we are encountering an issue with the chroot as followed.
> [an attached screenshot of some text]

For reference, the attached image was a screenshot of a terminal with
approximately this text (might contain mistakes, I am transcribing it
by hand):

    root@<machine>:~# schroot -n librsvg -c sid —begin
    E: --session-name is not permitted for the specified action
    I: Run “schroot --help” to list usage example for the specified action

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> We
> tried the best to resolve it, but nothing helped us move forward. Could anyone
> has faced the same issue/solution of it please let us know. If any other steps
> might be needed to reproduce the same, please confirm.

Sorry, I have too many responsibilities other than librsvg, and I am not
able to provide you with a detailed tutorial on how to use schroot. The
instructions I provided assume basic familiarity with the schroot tool,
and a chroot template named "sid" already set up with Debian unstable.

As an alternative to using Debian-specific tools, you could try building
librsvg according to its normal upstream build procedure: you might
find that easier if you are unfamiliar with Debian tools. There is an
upstream development guide available:
https://gnome.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/librsvg/devel-docs/index.html

Or, if you have a preferred container or virtual machine technology, you
could use that instead of schroot, set up a Debian unstable environment,
and run something like this as root in that environment instead of
using schroot:

    apt-get -y update
    apt-get -y dist-upgrade
    apt-get -y install ccache git quilt git-buildpackage
    apt-get -y build-dep librsvg

and then do the build in that environment. If you would prefer to use
schroot, please consult schroot documentation or ask a colleague who
already knows how to use it.

In the text in your screenshot, you seem to be using "—begin" (starting
with U+2014 EM DASH) instead of the correct "--begin" (starting with two
copies of U+002D HYPHEN-MINUS) which is probably part of the problem that
you are having.

    smcv