#1113303 muparser: FTBFS with CMake 4

#1113303#5
Date:
2025-08-31 23:00:54 UTC
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Dear maintainer,

During a test rebuild for CMake 4, muparser failed to rebuild.

Log Summary:
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| Build                                        Sat, 30 Aug 2025 08:45:12 +0000 |
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Unpack source
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Format: 3.0 (quilt)
Source: muparser
Binary: libmuparser-dev, libmuparser2v5
Architecture: any
Version: 2.3.4-1
Maintainer: Debian Science Maintainers <debian-science-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Uploaders: Gudjon I. Gudjonsson <gudjon@gudjon.org>, Scott Howard <showard@debian.org>
Homepage: https://beltoforion.de/en/muparser/
Standards-Version: 4.6.2
Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/science-team/muparser
Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/science-team/muparser.git
Build-Depends: cmake, debhelper (>= 12~)
Package-List:
 libmuparser-dev deb libdevel optional arch=any
 libmuparser2v5 deb libs optional arch=any
Checksums-Sha1:
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Checksums-Sha256:
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Files:
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dpkg-source: warning: cannot verify inline signature for ./muparser_2.3.4-1.dsc: no acceptable signature found
dpkg-source: info: extracting muparser in /build/reproducible-path/muparser-2.3.4
dpkg-source: info: unpacking muparser_2.3.4.orig.tar.gz
dpkg-source: info: unpacking muparser_2.3.4-1.debian.tar.xz

Check disk space
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Sufficient free space for build

User Environment
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APT_CONFIG=/var/lib/sbuild/apt.conf
HOME=/sbuild-nonexistent
LANG=C.UTF-8
LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
LOGNAME=sbuild
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
SHELL=/bin/sh
USER=sbuild

dpkg-buildpackage
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Command: dpkg-buildpackage --sanitize-env -us -uc -b
dpkg-buildpackage: info: source package muparser
dpkg-buildpackage: info: source version 2.3.4-1
dpkg-buildpackage: info: source distribution unstable
dpkg-buildpackage: info: source changed by Nicholas Breen <nbreen@debian.org>
 dpkg-source --before-build .
dpkg-buildpackage: info: host architecture arm64
 debian/rules clean
dh clean
   dh_clean
 debian/rules binary
dh binary
   dh_update_autotools_config
   dh_autoreconf
   dh_auto_configure
	cd obj-aarch64-linux-gnu && DEB_PYTHON_INSTALL_LAYOUT=deb PKG_CONFIG=/usr/bin/pkg-config cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=None -DCMAKE_INSTALL_SYSCONFDIR=/etc -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LOCALSTATEDIR=/var -DCMAKE_EXPORT_NO_PACKAGE_REGISTRY=ON -DCMAKE_FIND_USE_PACKAGE_REGISTRY=OFF -DCMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_NO_PACKAGE_REGISTRY=ON -DFETCHCONTENT_FULLY_DISCONNECTED=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_RUNSTATEDIR=/run "-GUnix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib/aarch64-linux-gnu ..
CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:2 (cmake_minimum_required):
  Compatibility with CMake < 3.5 has been removed from CMake.

  Update the VERSION argument <min> value.  Or, use the <min>...<max> syntax
  to tell CMake that the project requires at least <min> but has been updated
  to work with policies introduced by <max> or earlier.

  Or, add -DCMAKE_POLICY_VERSION_MINIMUM=3.5 to try configuring anyway.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The above is just how the build ends and not necessarily the most relevant part. If required, the full build log is available here (for the next 30 days): https://debusine.debian.net/artifact/2404616/ The most likely cause of build failures is the removed backwards compatibility for CMake versions earlier than 3.5. You can find additional information in my debian-devel announcement: https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2025/04/msg00310.html About the archive rebuild: The build was made on debusine.debian.net, using sbuild. You can find the build task here: https://debusine.debian.net/work-request/154171/ 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, Timo
#1113303#12
Date:
2025-09-01 11:52:16 UTC
From:
To:
I have downgraded the bug to non-RC severity temporarily and reverted
CMake in unstable to version 3.31.6. I plan to re-upgrade in about a
month's time. I realize that despite my April announcement, the upload
to unstable came rather surprising, and I don't want to cause
unnecessary pain.

Also, the build log URL has an unfortunate mistake. The correct URL
should include the workspace, i.e.,

https://debusine.debian.net/debian/developers/artifact/XXXX

CMake 4 will also be available in experimental again, so it can be
used to verify that the bug is fixed.

Cheers
Timo