#1113640 xdmf: FTBFS with CMake 4

#1113640#5
Date:
2025-08-31 23:07:11 UTC
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To:
Dear maintainer,

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

Log Summary:
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| Build                                        Sun, 31 Aug 2025 00:19:28 +0000 |
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Unpack source
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Format: 3.0 (quilt)
Source: xdmf
Binary: libxdmf3t64, libxdmf-dev, python3-xdmf
Architecture: any
Version: 3.0+git20190531-13.1
Maintainer: Alastair McKinstry <mckinstry@debian.org>
Homepage: http://www.xdmf.org/
Standards-Version: 4.6.2
Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/science-team/xdmf
Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/science-team/xdmf.git -b debian/latest
Build-Depends: dpkg-dev (>= 1.22.5), debhelper-compat (= 13), dh-sequence-python3, python3-all-dev, cmake (>= 2.4.0), libhdf5-serial-dev, libhdf5-mpi-dev, libxml2-dev, libboost-dev, libtiff-dev, gfortran | fortran-compiler, swig, bzip2, libbz2-dev, libgzstream-dev, libmetis-dev
Build-Conflicts: libxdmf-dev
Package-List:
 libxdmf-dev deb libdevel optional arch=any
 libxdmf3t64 deb libs optional arch=any
 python3-xdmf deb python optional arch=any
Checksums-Sha1:
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dpkg-source: warning: cannot verify inline signature for ./xdmf_3.0+git20190531-13.1.dsc: no acceptable signature found
dpkg-source: info: extracting xdmf in /build/reproducible-path/xdmf-3.0+git20190531
dpkg-source: info: unpacking xdmf_3.0+git20190531.orig.tar.xz
dpkg-source: info: unpacking xdmf_3.0+git20190531-13.1.debian.tar.xz
dpkg-source: info: using patch list from debian/patches/series
dpkg-source: info: applying exodus.patch
dpkg-source: info: applying swig-library.patch
dpkg-source: info: applying swig-py3.patch
dpkg-source: info: applying update-swig.path
dpkg-source: info: applying hid_t-fix.patch

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 xdmf
dpkg-buildpackage: info: source version 3.0+git20190531-13.1
dpkg-buildpackage: info: source distribution unstable
dpkg-buildpackage: info: source changed by Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
 dpkg-source --before-build .
dpkg-buildpackage: info: host architecture arm64
 debian/rules clean
dh clean --buildsystem cmake
   debian/rules override_dh_auto_clean
make[1]: Entering directory '/build/reproducible-path/xdmf-3.0+git20190531'
dh_auto_clean
rm -f  debian/python3-xdmf.install  debian/libxdmf-dev.install  debian/libxdmf3t64.install  debian/libxdmf3t64.links  debian/libxdmf-dev.links
rm -rf debian/build-mpi-python3.13 debian/build-serial-python3.13
make[1]: Leaving directory '/build/reproducible-path/xdmf-3.0+git20190531'
   dh_autoreconf_clean -O--buildsystem=cmake
   dh_clean -O--buildsystem=cmake
	rm -f debian/debhelper-build-stamp
	rm -rf debian/.debhelper/
	rm -f -- debian/libxdmf3t64.substvars debian/libxdmf-dev.substvars debian/python3-xdmf.substvars debian/files
	rm -fr -- debian/libxdmf3t64/ debian/tmp/ debian/libxdmf-dev/ debian/python3-xdmf/
	find .  \( \( \
		\( -path .\*/.git -o -path .\*/.svn -o -path .\*/.bzr -o -path .\*/.hg -o -path .\*/CVS -o -path .\*/.pc -o -path .\*/_darcs \) -prune -o -type f -a \
	        \( -name '#*#' -o -name '.*~' -o -name '*~' -o -name DEADJOE \
		 -o -name '*.orig' -o -name '*.rej' -o -name '*.bak' \
		 -o -name '.*.orig' -o -name .*.rej -o -name '.SUMS' \
		 -o -name TAGS -o \( -path '*/.deps/*' -a -name '*.P' \) \
		\) -exec rm -f {} + \) -o \
		\( -type d -a \( -name autom4te.cache -o -name __pycache__ \) -prune -exec rm -rf {} + \) \)
 debian/rules binary
dh binary --buildsystem cmake
   dh_update_autotools_config -O--buildsystem=cmake
   dh_autoreconf -O--buildsystem=cmake
   debian/rules override_dh_auto_configure
make[1]: Entering directory '/build/reproducible-path/xdmf-3.0+git20190531'
for f in python3-xdmf.install libxdmf-dev.install libxdmf3t64.install libxdmf3t64.links libxdmf-dev.links ; do \
	cat debian/$f.in |  \
	sed -e 's%@PY3@%python3.13%g' | \
	sed -e 's%@MPI@%openmpi%g' | \
	sed -e 's%@MULTIARCH@%aarch64-linux-gnu%g'  \
	> debian/$f ; \
	done
cat: debian/python3-xdmf.install.in: No such file or directory
mkdir -p debian/build-mpi-python3.13 debian/build-serial-python3.13
for p in python3.13 ; do \
	(cd debian/build-serial-$p &&  \
		cmake ../.. \
			-DXDMF_SYSTEM_ZLIB=ON -DXDMF_SYSTEM_LIBXML2=ON -DXDMF_USE_BZIP2=ON -DXDMF_USE_GZIP=ON -DXDMF_BUILD_FORTRAN=ON -DXDMF_SYSTEM_HDF5=ON -DCMAKE_SKIP_RPATH=ON -DXDMF_BUILD_UTILS=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DXDMF_WRAP_PYTHON=ON -DXDMF_REGENERATE_WRAPPERS=ON -DGZSTREAM_LIBRARY=/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libgzstream.so -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=TRUE  \
			-DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=/usr/bin/$p \
	                -DPYTHON_INCLUDE_PATH=/usr/include/$p \
	                -DPYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR=/usr/include/$p \
                		-DPYTHON_LIBRARY=/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/lib$p.so \
			-DXDMF_BUILD_MPI=OFF -DXDMF_SYSTEM_HDF5_IS_PARALLEL=OFF \
			-DHDF5_ROOT=/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/hdf5/serial ) ; \
	(cd debian/build-mpi-$p && \
		cmake ../.. \
			-DXDMF_SYSTEM_ZLIB=ON -DXDMF_SYSTEM_LIBXML2=ON -DXDMF_USE_BZIP2=ON -DXDMF_USE_GZIP=ON -DXDMF_BUILD_FORTRAN=ON -DXDMF_SYSTEM_HDF5=ON -DCMAKE_SKIP_RPATH=ON -DXDMF_BUILD_UTILS=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DXDMF_WRAP_PYTHON=ON -DXDMF_REGENERATE_WRAPPERS=ON -DGZSTREAM_LIBRARY=/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libgzstream.so -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=TRUE  \
		 	-DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=/usr/bin/$p \
	                -DPYTHON_INCLUDE_PATH=/usr/include/$p \
	                -DPYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR=/usr/include/$p \
               			-DPYTHON_LIBRARY=/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/lib$p.so \
			-DXDMF_BUILD_MPI=ON  -DXDMF_SYSTEM_HDF5_IS_PARALLEL=ON \
			-DHDF5_ROOT=/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/hdf5/openmpi ) ; \
	done
CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:1 (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/2413852/ 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/155200/ 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
#1113640#12
Date:
2025-09-01 11:52:48 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