Dear maintainer:

During a rebuild of all packages in unstable, this package failed to build.

Below you will find the last part of the build log (probably the most
relevant part, but not necessarily). If required, the full build log
is available here:

https://people.debian.org/~sanvila/build-logs/202608/

About the archive rebuild: The build was made on virtual machines from AWS,
using sbuild and a reduced chroot with only build-essential packages.

If you cannot reproduce the bug please contact me privately, as I
am willing to provide ssh access to a virtual machine where the bug is
fully reproducible.

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

Thanks.
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[...]
 debian/rules clean
dh_testdir
dh_testroot
dh_clean build-stamp
rm -rf /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/manual /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/fake-home
dh_clean doc-base-stamp
rm -rf debian/installation-guide-*.doc-base.*
rm -rf build/build.out* build/build.tmp* build/build.po
 debian/rules binary
rm -f build-stamp
rm -rf /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/manual
set -e && cd build && \
	MAKEFLAGS="-j2" \
	official_build=1 manual_release=trixie \
	architectures="amd64 arm64 armhf ppc64el riscv64 s390x" languages="en ca cs da de el es fr hu id it ja ko nl pt ro ru sv uk vi zh_CN" \

[... snipped ...]

Info: creating temporary .html file...
Info: creating .txt file...
set -e ; \
target=fr.amd64 ; \
lang=${target%.*} ; \
lang_id="$(echo $lang | tr A-Z a-z | sed "s/_/-/")" ; \
arch=${target#*.} ; \
eval arch_destination=$destination ; \
echo "Architecture: $arch" ; \
if [ -n "$noarchdir" ]; then \
	destsuffix="$lang" ; \
else \
	if [ -n "$web" ] ; then \
		destsuffix="$arch" ; \
	else \
		destsuffix="$lang.$arch" ; \
	fi ; \
fi ; \
export destdir=build.out.$lang.$arch ; \
export tempdir=build.tmp.$lang.$arch ; \
echo "Calling ./buildone.sh \"$arch\" \"$lang\" \"$formats\"" ; \
./buildone.sh "$arch" "$lang" "$formats" ; \
mkdir -p "$arch_destination/$destsuffix" ; \
for format in $formats; do \
	if [ "$format" = html ]; then \
		mkdir -p "$arch_destination/$destsuffix/images" ; \
		mv ./$destdir/html/images/* "$arch_destination/$destsuffix/images" ; \
		rmdir ./$destdir/html/images ; \
		mv ./$destdir/html/* "$arch_destination/$destsuffix" ; \
	else \
		# Do not fail because of missing PDF support for some languages \
		if [ -n "$web" ] ; then \
			mv ./$destdir/install.$lang.$format "$arch_destination/$destsuffix/install.$lang_id.$format" 2>/dev/null || true ; \
		else \
			mv ./$destdir/install.$lang.$format "$arch_destination/$destsuffix" 2>/dev/null || true ; \
		fi ; \
	fi ; \
done ; \
./clear.sh
Architecture: amd64
Calling ./buildone.sh "amd64" "fr" "html pdf txt"
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set -e ; \
target=fr.arm64 ; \
lang=${target%.*} ; \
lang_id="$(echo $lang | tr A-Z a-z | sed "s/_/-/")" ; \
arch=${target#*.} ; \
eval arch_destination=$destination ; \
echo "Architecture: $arch" ; \
if [ -n "$noarchdir" ]; then \
	destsuffix="$lang" ; \
else \
	if [ -n "$web" ] ; then \
		destsuffix="$arch" ; \
	else \
		destsuffix="$lang.$arch" ; \
	fi ; \
fi ; \
export destdir=build.out.$lang.$arch ; \
export tempdir=build.tmp.$lang.$arch ; \
echo "Calling ./buildone.sh \"$arch\" \"$lang\" \"$formats\"" ; \
./buildone.sh "$arch" "$lang" "$formats" ; \
mkdir -p "$arch_destination/$destsuffix" ; \
for format in $formats; do \
	if [ "$format" = html ]; then \
		mkdir -p "$arch_destination/$destsuffix/images" ; \
		mv ./$destdir/html/images/* "$arch_destination/$destsuffix/images" ; \
		rmdir ./$destdir/html/images ; \
		mv ./$destdir/html/* "$arch_destination/$destsuffix" ; \
	else \
		# Do not fail because of missing PDF support for some languages \
		if [ -n "$web" ] ; then \
			mv ./$destdir/install.$lang.$format "$arch_destination/$destsuffix/install.$lang_id.$format" 2>/dev/null || true ; \
		else \
			mv ./$destdir/install.$lang.$format "$arch_destination/$destsuffix" 2>/dev/null || true ; \
		fi ; \
	fi ; \
done ; \
./clear.sh
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Architecture: arm64
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install.fr.profiled.tex:42: The key 'FBsetup/CompactItemize' is unknown and is being
install.fr.profiled.tex:42: leading text: \setupbabel{fr}
Unexpected error occured
Error: xelatex compilation failed
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install.fr.profiled.tex:42: The key 'FBsetup/CompactItemize' is unknown and is being
install.fr.profiled.tex:42: leading text: \setupbabel{fr}
Unexpected error occured
Error: xelatex compilation failed
Error: build of pdf failed with error code 1
Info: creating temporary .html file...
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Warning: The following formats failed to build: pdf
make[1]: *** [Makefile:8: fr.amd64] Error 2
make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
Info: creating .txt file...
Warning: The following formats failed to build: pdf
make[1]: *** [Makefile:8: fr.arm64] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/build'
make: *** [debian/rules:65: build-stamp] Error 2
dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules binary subprocess failed with exit status 2
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Hello,

Santiago Vila, le sam. 01 août 2026 22:36:09 +0000, a ecrit:

The installation-guide-generated text only produces the \setupbabel{fr}
line. I have attached a minimal reproducer. CompactItemize actually
comes from dblatex:

/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/dblatex/style/dbk_locale.sty:

\babelsetup{fr}{%
  \ifxetex
  % \NoAutoSpaceBeforeFDP does not seem to work when used with XeTeX
  % Take into account the frenchb version in the setup (< v2.5)
  \AtBeginDocument{\@ifundefined{NoAutoSpacing}{%
    \shorthandoff{:;!?}}{\NoAutoSpacing}}
  \fi
  \NoAutoSpaceBeforeFDP
  % Avoid mess between enumitem and french redefinition
  \@ifundefined{ifFrenchItemizeSpacing}{}{\FrenchItemizeSpacingfalse}
  % The same, for recent frenchb release (v2.3)
  \@ifundefined{frenchbsetup}{}{\frenchbsetup{CompactItemize=false}}
}

Removing CompactItemize=false from there fixes this compilation issue.

Samuel

Hi Samuel,

Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org> wrote (Mon, 3 Aug 2026 23:39:17 +0200):
but there has been no upload to dblatex recently ?
The last change to this file was 2020.

My best guess would be the latest upload of texlive, from the mid of July...

However, I'm unable to provide a detailed analysis, what change in texlive
might have caused this.


BTW: others are affected as well, like debian-refcard (#1143379) or
debian-reference (#1142909). They also fail with building French PDF.


Holger

The real reason for this is in texlive.
Why?
Because with the latest version 2026.20260911-1, uploaded yesterday, it works
fine again.

So reassigning.

Fixed in latest upstream version/debian version, uploaded yesterday.
So closing.

Fixed in latest upstream version/debian version, uploaded yesterday.
So closing.

Hello,

Holger Wansing, le dim. 13 sept. 2026 15:11:26 +0200, a ecrit:

That's probable, but

It still fails for me:

! LaTeX Error: The key 'FBsetup/CompactItemize' is unknown and is being
(LaTeX)        ignored.

For immediate help type H <return>.
 ...

l.11 \setupbabel{fr}

with this installed:

ii  texlive-base   2026.20260911-1   all            TeX Live: Essential programs and files

Samuel

Hi,

Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org> wrote (Sun, 13 Sep 2026 15:42:10 +0200):
package (current git state) built fine here locally on a plain sid system,
with valid French pdf files for all archs.

Maybe this topic is just a warning, without any real impact?


BTW: maybe it's worth doing an upload for installation-guide at some time?
There is a lot of stuff pending in there...


Holger

Holger Wansing, le dim. 13 sept. 2026 16:40:31 +0200, a ecrit:

No, it really is an error.

I completely agree (all the more so since that'll include an autopkgtest
precisely meant to avoid this kind of situation), but the build really
still fails in a proper up-to-date sid chroot on my box.

Samuel

Same here. In case it helps, I've put a recent build log for
src:installation-guide in the same directory as before:

https://people.debian.org/~sanvila/build-logs/202608/

Thanks.

I have not tried the git version. If you believe it will build in
unstable, making a new upload looks like a good idea.

Thanks.

Santiago Vila, le dim. 13 sept. 2026 19:11:07 +0200, a ecrit:

What I tried (with failure) was the git version.

Samuel

Hi,

Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org> wrote (Sun, 13 Sep 2026 19:12:14 +0200):

I'm confused now.
I could still build successful on my local qemu machine, but that sid machine was
not a fresh install, but was already used for some other topics.

But on a freshly installed minimal sid + the build-depends for installation-guide I
can no longer build successfully :-(
(BTW: testing the build with sbuild does not work at all here, stops with 'no
space left on device' :-(( The package dependencies are too heavy, it seems...)

So, installing some other package seems to do the trick here, but I cannot
find out which one. (I had to remove the old sid machine due to missing
space).

So I confirm you guys are right, this bug is still open :-(



Holger