Dear maintainer(s),
With a recent upload of automake the autopkgtest of xz-utils fails in
testing when that autopkgtest is run with the binary packages of libtool
from unstable. It passes when run with only packages from testing. In
tabular form:
pass fail
automake from testing 1:1.19-2
xz-utils from testing 5.8.4-1
all others from testing from testing
I copied some of the output at the bottom of this report.
Currently this regression is blocking the migration of automake to
testing [1]. Of course, automake shouldn't just break your autopkgtest
(or even worse, your package), but it seems to me that the change in
automake was intended and your package needs to update to the new situation.
If this is a real problem in your package (and not only in your
autopkgtest), the right binary package(s) from automake should really
add a versioned Breaks on the unfixed version of (one of your)
package(s). Note: the Breaks is nice even if the issue is only in the
autopkgtest as it helps the migration software to figure out the right
versions to combine in the tests.
More information about this bug and the reason for filing it can be found on
https://wiki.debian.org/ContinuousIntegration/RegressionEmailInformation
Paul
[1] https://qa.debian.org/excuses.php?package=automake
https://ci.debian.net/data/autopkgtest/testing/amd64/x/xz-utils/76570821/log.gz
123s Making check in tests
123s make[1]: Entering directory
'/tmp/autopkgtest.UsYLZz/build.cpF/src/tests'
123s cd .. && /bin/bash
/tmp/autopkgtest.UsYLZz/build.cpF/src/build-aux/missing automake-1.18
--foreign tests/Makefile
123s /tmp/autopkgtest.UsYLZz/build.cpF/src/build-aux/missing: line 85:
automake-1.18: command not found
123s WARNING: 'automake-1.18' is missing on your system.
123s You should only need it if you modified 'Makefile.am' or
123s 'configure.ac' or m4 files included by 'configure.ac'.
123s make[1]: *** [Makefile:726: Makefile.in] Error 127
123s make[1]: Leaving directory
'/tmp/autopkgtest.UsYLZz/build.cpF/src/tests'
123s make: *** [Makefile:603: check-recursive] Error 1
123s autopkgtest [00:21:59]: test testsuite