Debian Bug report logs - #715112
Broken library symlink detected in libscotchmetis-dev

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Message #5 received at maintonly@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: David Steele <dsteele@gmail.com>

To: maintonly@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Broken library symlink detected in libscotchmetis-dev

Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2013 05:01:15 +0000

Package: libscotchmetis-dev
Version: 5.1.12b.dfsg-2
Severity: serious
User: debian-qa@lists.debian.org
Usertags: piuparts, broken-symlink, broken-symlink-shared-library

Hi,

During a test with piuparts, I noticed your package is
responsible for the presence of broken symlinks involving
a shared library. Such failures may indicate a significant
problem with the package.

Usually this is caused by a missing Depends. It may also be
triggered if a Recommended or reverse dependency package
owning the symlink target file is not yet installed. This type
of failure mode needs to be eliminated so that other symlink
problems become more visible. In this case, the problem can be
resolved by creating a trigger for the target file. See the
dpkg triggers documentation[1] and an example on the net[2] for
implementation details.

This is being filed as Serious because it represents a violation
of Policy. Section 8 states "Packages containing shared
libraries must be constructed with a little care to make sure
that the shared library is always available".

A link to the log containing the indicated broken symlinks can
be found on piuparts.debian.org[3]. Search for "Warn: Broken
Symlinks" to see the failure point. A log showing the broken
symlink as an error is appended.

The log contains the following broken symlinks:

  /usr/lib/metis-int64/libmetis.a
    -> libscotchmetis.a
  /usr/lib/metis-int64/libmetis.so
    -> libscotchmetis.so
  /usr/lib/metis-int32/libmetis.a
    -> libscotchmetis.a
  /usr/lib/metis-int32/libmetis.so
    -> libscotchmetis.so
  /usr/lib/metis-long/libmetis.a
    -> libscotchmetis.a
  /usr/lib/metis-long/libmetis.so
    -> libscotchmetis.so


[1] - file:///usr/share/doc/dpkg-dev/triggers.txt.gz
[2] - http://www.seanius.net/blog/2009/09/dpkg-triggers-howto/
[3] - http://piuparts.debian.org/sid/broken_symlinks_issue.html


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Start: 2013-07-05 21:53:45 EST

Package: libscotchmetis-dev
Source: scotch
Version: 5.1.12b.dfsg-2
Installed-Size: 123
Maintainer: Debian Science Maintainers <debian-science-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: libmetis-dev
Depends: libscotch-dev (= 5.1.12b.dfsg-2)
Conflicts: libmetis-dev, libparmetis-dev
Description: programs and libraries for graph, mesh and hypergraph partitioning
Homepage: http://www.labri.fr/perso/pelegrin/scotch/
Description-md5: a391c720b80b18263009a2efcd3d5429
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: extra
Filename: pool/main/s/scotch/libscotchmetis-dev_5.1.12b.dfsg-2_amd64.deb
Size: 30840
MD5sum: 8c5b4b42cc6fdf68950a7a4b4a0ee0c4
SHA1: fe78872ce19e8b274db1bda147cf02d4c499d71d
SHA256: ae5e7ff3a12dc983023de8a79f6d1ec5e07de9adcc54a526aa494dec8a7ee8ed

Executing: sudo piuparts --scriptsdir /etc/piuparts/scripts --skip-logrotatefiles-test --warn-on-others --fail-on-broken-symlinks --mirror http://127.0.0.1/debian --tmpdir /var/tmp --arch amd64 -b /var/cache/piuparts/basetgz/sid.tar.gz -d sid --no-upgrade-test --apt libscotchmetis-dev=5.1.12b.dfsg-2
0m0.0s INFO: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
0m0.0s INFO: To quickly glance what went wrong, scroll down to the bottom of this logfile.
0m0.0s INFO: FAQ available at http://wiki.debian.org/piuparts/FAQ
0m0.0s INFO: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
0m0.0s INFO: piuparts version 0.54~201306172307~0.53-14-ge8900a0 starting up.
0m0.0s INFO: Command line arguments: '/usr/sbin/piuparts' '--scriptsdir' '/etc/piuparts/scripts' '--skip-logrotatefiles-test' '--warn-on-others' '--fail-on-broken-symlinks' '--mirror' 'http://127.0.0.1/debian' '--tmpdir' '/var/tmp' '--arch' 'amd64' '-b' '/var/cache/piuparts/basetgz/sid.tar.gz' '-d' 'sid' '--no-upgrade-test' '--apt' 'libscotchmetis-dev=5.1.12b.dfsg-2'
0m0.0s INFO: Running on: Linux debian-testing 3.9-1-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.9.8-1 x86_64
0m0.0s DEBUG: Created temporary directory /var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h
0m0.0s DEBUG: Unpacking /var/cache/piuparts/basetgz/sid.tar.gz into /var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h
0m0.0s DEBUG: Starting command: ['tar', '-C', '/var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h', '-zxf', '/var/cache/piuparts/basetgz/sid.tar.gz']
0m1.4s DEBUG: Command ok: ['tar', '-C', '/var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h', '-zxf', '/var/cache/piuparts/basetgz/sid.tar.gz']
0m1.4s DEBUG: Starting command: ['chroot', '/var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h', 'eatmydata', 'mount', '-t', 'proc', 'proc', '/proc']
0m1.4s DEBUG: Command ok: ['chroot', '/var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h', 'eatmydata', 'mount', '-t', 'proc', 'proc', '/proc']
0m1.4s DEBUG: sources.list:
  deb http://127.0.0.1/debian sid main
  deb http://127.0.0.1/debian sid contrib
  deb http://127.0.0.1/debian sid non-free
0m1.4s DEBUG: Created policy-rc.d and chmodded it.
0m1.4s DEBUG: Starting command: ['chroot', '/var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h', 'eatmydata', 'apt-get', 'update']
0m7.0s DUMP: 
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  Get:6 http://127.0.0.1 sid/main Translation-en [4246 kB]
  Get:7 http://127.0.0.1 sid/non-free Translation-en [72.7 kB]
  Fetched 11.1 MB in 4s (2740 kB/s)
  Reading package lists...
0m7.0s DEBUG: Command ok: ['chroot', '/var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h', 'eatmydata', 'apt-get', 'update']
0m7.0s DEBUG: Starting command: ['chroot', '/var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h', 'eatmydata', 'apt-get', '-yf', 'dist-upgrade']
0m8.4s DUMP: 
  Reading package lists...
  Building dependency tree...
  The following packages will be upgraded:
    apt libapt-pkg4.12 libc-bin libc6 multiarch-support
  5 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
  Need to get 8332 kB of archives.
  After this operation, 132 kB of additional disk space will be used.
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  Get:3 http://127.0.0.1/debian/ sid/main libapt-pkg4.12 amd64 0.9.9 [926 kB]
  Get:4 http://127.0.0.1/debian/ sid/main apt amd64 0.9.9 [1323 kB]
  Get:5 http://127.0.0.1/debian/ sid/main multiarch-support amd64 2.17-7 [160 kB]
  debconf: delaying package configuration, since apt-utils is not installed
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  gpg: key B98321F9: "Squeeze Stable Release Key <debian-release@lists.debian.org>" not changed
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0m8.4s DEBUG: Command ok: ['chroot', '/var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h', 'eatmydata', 'apt-get', '-yf', 'dist-upgrade']
0m8.4s DEBUG: Copying scriptsdir /etc/piuparts/scripts to /var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h/tmp/scripts/
0m8.4s INFO: Running scripts post_setup
0m8.4s DEBUG: Starting command: ['chroot', '/var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h', 'eatmydata', 'tmp/scripts/post_setup_experimental']
0m8.4s DEBUG: Command ok: ['chroot', '/var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h', 'eatmydata', 'tmp/scripts/post_setup_experimental']
0m8.4s DEBUG: Starting command: ['chroot', '/var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h', 'eatmydata', 'tmp/scripts/post_setup_forbid_home']
0m8.4s DUMP: 
  Disabling /home
0m8.4s DEBUG: Command ok: ['chroot', '/var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h', 'eatmydata', 'tmp/scripts/post_setup_forbid_home']
0m8.4s DEBUG: Starting command: ['chroot', '/var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h', 'eatmydata', 'tmp/scripts/post_setup_squeeze-backports']
0m8.5s DEBUG: Command ok: ['chroot', '/var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h', 'eatmydata', 'tmp/scripts/post_setup_squeeze-backports']
0m8.5s DEBUG: Starting command: ['chroot', '/var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h', 'eatmydata', 'apt-get', 'clean']
0m8.5s DEBUG: Command ok: ['chroot', '/var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h', 'eatmydata', 'apt-get', 'clean']
0m9.7s DEBUG: Starting command: ['chroot', '/var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h', 'eatmydata', 'dpkg', '--get-selections', '*']
0m9.7s DUMP: 
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0m9.7s DEBUG: Command ok: ['chroot', '/var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h', 'eatmydata', 'dpkg', '--get-selections', '*']
0m9.7s DEBUG: Starting command: ['chroot', '/var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h', 'eatmydata', 'dpkg-divert', '--list']
0m9.7s DUMP: 
  diversion of /usr/share/man/man1/sh.1.gz to /usr/share/man/man1/sh.distrib.1.gz by dash
  diversion of /bin/sh to /bin/sh.distrib by dash
0m9.7s DEBUG: Command ok: ['chroot', '/var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h', 'eatmydata', 'dpkg-divert', '--list']
0m9.7s INFO: Starting install/purge
0m9.7s INFO: apt-cache does not know about any of the requested packages
0m9.7s INFO: Running scripts pre_test
0m9.7s DEBUG: Starting command: ['chroot', '/var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h', 'eatmydata', 'tmp/scripts/pre_test_root_password']
0m9.7s DUMP: 
  Enter new UNIX password: Retype new UNIX password: passwd: password updated successfully
0m9.7s DEBUG: Command ok: ['chroot', '/var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h', 'eatmydata', 'tmp/scripts/pre_test_root_password']
0m9.7s DEBUG: Starting command: ['lsof', '-w', '+D', '/var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h']
0m10.2s DEBUG: Command failed (status=1), but ignoring error: ['lsof', '-w', '+D', '/var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h']
0m11.0s DEBUG: No broken symlinks as far as we can find.
0m11.0s INFO: Running scripts pre_install
0m11.0s DEBUG: Starting command: ['chroot', '/var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h', 'eatmydata', 'tmp/scripts/pre_install_database-server']
0m11.1s DEBUG: Command ok: ['chroot', '/var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h', 'eatmydata', 'tmp/scripts/pre_install_database-server']
0m11.1s DEBUG: Starting command: ['chroot', '/var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h', 'eatmydata', 'tmp/scripts/pre_install_exceptions']
0m11.1s DEBUG: Command ok: ['chroot', '/var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h', 'eatmydata', 'tmp/scripts/pre_install_exceptions']
0m11.1s DEBUG: Starting command: ['chroot', '/var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h', 'eatmydata', 'tmp/scripts/pre_install_foreign_architecture_i386']
0m11.1s DEBUG: Command ok: ['chroot', '/var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h', 'eatmydata', 'tmp/scripts/pre_install_foreign_architecture_i386']
0m11.1s DEBUG: Starting command: ['chroot', '/var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h', 'eatmydata', 'apt-cache', 'show', 'libscotchmetis-dev']
0m12.4s DUMP: 
  Package: libscotchmetis-dev
  Source: scotch
  Version: 5.1.12b.dfsg-2
  Installed-Size: 123
  Maintainer: Debian Science Maintainers <debian-science-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
  Architecture: amd64
  Replaces: libmetis-dev
  Depends: libscotch-dev (= 5.1.12b.dfsg-2)
  Conflicts: libmetis-dev, libparmetis-dev
  Description-en: programs and libraries for graph, mesh and hypergraph partitioning
   Scotch/Metis compatility interface, providing a free implementation of the
   Metis system for graph partitioning and sparse matrix reordering.
  Description-md5: a391c720b80b18263009a2efcd3d5429
  Homepage: http://www.labri.fr/perso/pelegrin/scotch/
  Description-md5: a391c720b80b18263009a2efcd3d5429
  Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
  Section: libdevel
  Priority: extra
  Filename: pool/main/s/scotch/libscotchmetis-dev_5.1.12b.dfsg-2_amd64.deb
  Size: 30840
  MD5sum: 8c5b4b42cc6fdf68950a7a4b4a0ee0c4
  SHA1: fe78872ce19e8b274db1bda147cf02d4c499d71d
  SHA256: ae5e7ff3a12dc983023de8a79f6d1ec5e07de9adcc54a526aa494dec8a7ee8ed
0m12.4s DEBUG: Command ok: ['chroot', '/var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h', 'eatmydata', 'apt-cache', 'show', 'libscotchmetis-dev']
0m12.4s DEBUG: Starting command: ['dpkg-deb', '-b', '--nocheck', '/var/tmp/tmptqcORU/piuparts-depends-dummy']
0m12.4s DUMP: 
  dpkg-deb: warning: not checking contents of control area
  dpkg-deb: building an unknown package in '/var/tmp/tmptqcORU/piuparts-depends-dummy.deb'.
0m12.4s DEBUG: Command ok: ['dpkg-deb', '-b', '--nocheck', '/var/tmp/tmptqcORU/piuparts-depends-dummy']
0m12.4s DEBUG: Copying /var/tmp/tmptqcORU/piuparts-depends-dummy.deb to /var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h/tmp
0m12.4s DEBUG: Starting command: ['chroot', '/var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h', 'eatmydata', 'dpkg', '-i', 'tmp/piuparts-depends-dummy.deb']
0m12.4s DUMP: 
  Selecting previously unselected package piuparts-depends-dummy.
  (Reading database ... 6639 files and directories currently installed.)
  Unpacking piuparts-depends-dummy (from tmp/piuparts-depends-dummy.deb) ...
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of piuparts-depends-dummy:
   piuparts-depends-dummy depends on libscotch-dev (= 5.1.12b.dfsg-2); however:
    Package libscotch-dev is not installed.
  
  dpkg: error processing piuparts-depends-dummy (--install):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   piuparts-depends-dummy
0m12.4s DEBUG: Command failed (status=1), but ignoring error: ['chroot', '/var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h', 'eatmydata', 'dpkg', '-i', 'tmp/piuparts-depends-dummy.deb']
0m12.4s DEBUG: Starting command: ['chroot', '/var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h', 'eatmydata', 'apt-get', '-yf', 'install']
0m14.3s DUMP: 
  Reading package lists...
  Building dependency tree...
  Reading state information...
  Correcting dependencies... Done
  The following extra packages will be installed:
    adduser libc-dev-bin libc6-dev libgfortran3 libibverbs-dev libibverbs1
    libnuma1 libopenmpi-dev libopenmpi1.3 libquadmath0 libscotch-5.1
    libscotch-dev libtorque2 linux-libc-dev mpi-default-dev openmpi-common
    zlib1g-dev
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    libnuma1 libopenmpi-dev libopenmpi1.3 libquadmath0 libscotch-5.1
    libscotch-dev libtorque2 linux-libc-dev mpi-default-dev openmpi-common
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  Get:17 http://127.0.0.1/debian/ sid/main libscotch-dev amd64 5.1.12b.dfsg-2 [3885 kB]
  debconf: delaying package configuration, since apt-utils is not installed
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  Selecting previously unselected package mpi-default-dev.
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  Selecting previously unselected package libc-dev-bin.
  Unpacking libc-dev-bin (from .../libc-dev-bin_2.17-7_amd64.deb) ...
  Selecting previously unselected package linux-libc-dev:amd64.
  Unpacking linux-libc-dev:amd64 (from .../linux-libc-dev_3.9.8-1_amd64.deb) ...
  Selecting previously unselected package libc6-dev:amd64.
  Unpacking libc6-dev:amd64 (from .../libc6-dev_2.17-7_amd64.deb) ...
  Selecting previously unselected package zlib1g-dev:amd64.
  Unpacking zlib1g-dev:amd64 (from .../zlib1g-dev_1%3a1.2.8.dfsg-1_amd64.deb) ...
  Selecting previously unselected package libscotch-dev.
  Unpacking libscotch-dev (from .../libscotch-dev_5.1.12b.dfsg-2_amd64.deb) ...
  Setting up libquadmath0:amd64 (4.8.1-5) ...
  Setting up libgfortran3:amd64 (4.8.1-5) ...
  Setting up adduser (3.113+nmu3) ...
  Setting up libibverbs1 (1.1.7-1) ...
  Setting up libnuma1 (2.0.8-3) ...
  Setting up libtorque2 (2.4.16+dfsg-1) ...
  Setting up libopenmpi1.3 (1.4.5-1) ...
  Setting up libscotch-5.1 (5.1.12b.dfsg-2) ...
  Setting up openmpi-common (1.4.5-1) ...
  Setting up libibverbs-dev (1.1.7-1) ...
  Setting up libopenmpi-dev (1.4.5-1) ...
  update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/openmpi/include to provide /usr/include/mpi (mpi) in auto mode
  Setting up mpi-default-dev (1.0.1) ...
  Setting up libc-dev-bin (2.17-7) ...
  Setting up linux-libc-dev:amd64 (3.9.8-1) ...
  Setting up libc6-dev:amd64 (2.17-7) ...
  Setting up zlib1g-dev:amd64 (1:1.2.8.dfsg-1) ...
  Setting up libscotch-dev (5.1.12b.dfsg-2) ...
  Setting up piuparts-depends-dummy (0.invalid.0) ...
  Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
0m14.3s DEBUG: Command ok: ['chroot', '/var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h', 'eatmydata', 'apt-get', '-yf', 'install']
0m14.3s INFO: Installation of ['tmp/piuparts-depends-dummy.deb'] ok
0m14.3s DEBUG: Removing /var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h/tmp/piuparts-depends-dummy.deb
0m14.3s DEBUG: Starting command: ['chroot', '/var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h', 'eatmydata', 'dpkg', '--purge', 'piuparts-depends-dummy']
0m14.4s DUMP: 
  (Reading database ... 8945 files and directories currently installed.)
  Removing piuparts-depends-dummy ...
0m14.4s DEBUG: Command ok: ['chroot', '/var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h', 'eatmydata', 'dpkg', '--purge', 'piuparts-depends-dummy']
0m14.4s DEBUG: Starting command: ['chroot', '/var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h', 'eatmydata', 'apt-get', 'clean']
0m14.4s DEBUG: Command ok: ['chroot', '/var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h', 'eatmydata', 'apt-get', 'clean']
0m15.8s DEBUG: Starting command: ['lsof', '-w', '+D', '/var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h']
0m16.3s DEBUG: Command failed (status=1), but ignoring error: ['lsof', '-w', '+D', '/var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h']
0m17.5s DEBUG: No broken symlinks as far as we can find.
0m17.5s DEBUG: Starting command: ['chroot', '/var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h', 'eatmydata', 'apt-cache', 'policy']
0m19.0s DUMP: 
  Package files:
   100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
       release a=now
   500 http://127.0.0.1/debian/ sid/non-free Translation-en
   500 http://127.0.0.1/debian/ sid/main Translation-en
   500 http://127.0.0.1/debian/ sid/contrib Translation-en
   500 http://127.0.0.1/debian/ sid/non-free amd64 Packages
       release o=Debian,a=unstable,n=sid,l=Debian,c=non-free
       origin 127.0.0.1
   500 http://127.0.0.1/debian/ sid/contrib amd64 Packages
       release o=Debian,a=unstable,n=sid,l=Debian,c=contrib
       origin 127.0.0.1
   500 http://127.0.0.1/debian/ sid/main amd64 Packages
       release o=Debian,a=unstable,n=sid,l=Debian,c=main
       origin 127.0.0.1
  Pinned packages:
0m19.0s DEBUG: Command ok: ['chroot', '/var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h', 'eatmydata', 'apt-cache', 'policy']
0m19.0s DEBUG: Starting command: ['chroot', '/var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h', 'eatmydata', 'apt-cache', 'policy', 'libscotchmetis-dev']
0m19.0s DUMP: 
  libscotchmetis-dev:
    Installed: (none)
    Candidate: 5.1.12b.dfsg-2
    Version table:
       5.1.12b.dfsg-2 0
          500 http://127.0.0.1/debian/ sid/main amd64 Packages
0m19.0s DEBUG: Command ok: ['chroot', '/var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h', 'eatmydata', 'apt-cache', 'policy', 'libscotchmetis-dev']
0m19.0s DEBUG: Starting command: ['chroot', '/var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h', 'eatmydata', 'apt-get', '-y', 'install', 'libscotchmetis-dev=5.1.12b.dfsg-2']
0m19.5s DUMP: 
  Reading package lists...
  Building dependency tree...
  Reading state information...
  The following NEW packages will be installed:
    libscotchmetis-dev
  0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
  Need to get 30.8 kB of archives.
  After this operation, 126 kB of additional disk space will be used.
  Get:1 http://127.0.0.1/debian/ sid/main libscotchmetis-dev amd64 5.1.12b.dfsg-2 [30.8 kB]
  debconf: delaying package configuration, since apt-utils is not installed
  Fetched 30.8 kB in 0s (1311 kB/s)
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  Setting up libscotchmetis-dev (5.1.12b.dfsg-2) ...
0m19.5s DEBUG: Command ok: ['chroot', '/var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h', 'eatmydata', 'apt-get', '-y', 'install', 'libscotchmetis-dev=5.1.12b.dfsg-2']
0m19.5s INFO: Running scripts post_install
0m19.5s DEBUG: Starting command: ['lsof', '-w', '+D', '/var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h']
0m20.1s DEBUG: Command failed (status=1), but ignoring error: ['lsof', '-w', '+D', '/var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h']
0m21.3s ERROR: FAIL: Broken symlinks:
  /usr/lib/metis-int64/libmetis.a -> libscotchmetis.a
  /usr/lib/metis-int64/libmetis.so -> libscotchmetis.so
  /usr/lib/metis-int32/libmetis.a -> libscotchmetis.a
  /usr/lib/metis-int32/libmetis.so -> libscotchmetis.so
  /usr/lib/metis-long/libmetis.a -> libscotchmetis.a
  /usr/lib/metis-long/libmetis.so -> libscotchmetis.so
0m21.8s DEBUG: Starting command: ['chroot', '/var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h', 'eatmydata', 'umount', '/proc']
0m21.8s DEBUG: Command ok: ['chroot', '/var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h', 'eatmydata', 'umount', '/proc']
0m21.8s DEBUG: Starting command: ['rm', '-rf', '--one-file-system', '/var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h']
0m21.9s DEBUG: Command ok: ['rm', '-rf', '--one-file-system', '/var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h']
0m21.9s DEBUG: Removed directory tree at /var/tmp/tmpvsnc8h
0m21.9s ERROR: piuparts run ends.

ret=1
End: 2013-07-05 21:54:07 EST

Message #10 received at 715112@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>

To: David Steele <dsteele@gmail.com>, 715110@bugs.debian.org, 715112@bugs.debian.org, debian-devel@lists.debian.org

Subject: Re: [Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#715110: Broken library symlink detected in libsamba-util-dev

Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2013 23:03:16 -0700

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]

Control: severity 715110 normal
Control: severity 715122 normal

On Sat, Jul 06, 2013 at 05:01:15AM +0000, David Steele wrote:
> Package: libsamba-util-dev
> Version: 4.0.0~beta2+dfsg1-3.2
> Severity: serious
> User: debian-qa@lists.debian.org
> Usertags: piuparts, broken-symlink, broken-symlink-shared-library

> During a test with piuparts, I noticed your package is
> responsible for the presence of broken symlinks involving
> a shared library. Such failures may indicate a significant
> problem with the package.

"serious" when there's a grand total of 0 packages that use this -dev
package for linking against the library?  Not hardly.

I think this severity: serious mass-bug filing is extremely poorly
conceived.  The fact that these bugs have evaded notice until a lintian
check was added means that they do *not* have a high impact on the quality
of the release.  If they did, they would have turned up already by way of
archive rebuild testing.

> This is being filed as Serious because it represents a violation
> of Policy. Section 8 states "Packages containing shared
> libraries must be constructed with a little care to make sure
> that the shared library is always available".

The packages you've filed bugs against do *not* contain shared libraries.
This is a completely bogus justification for a severity serious bug.

You also did not achieve a consensus on debian-devel in favor of this mass
bug filing before reporting these bugs.  At least one person objected to you
filing these at severity: serious; another objected to this being considered
an error at all.

  https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2013/07/msg00115.html

While in the case of these two bug reports it's definitely a bug in the
packages and should be fixed, it's nowhere near severity: serious.  I
suspect most of the other bugs are similar.

Please downgrade the bugs from your MBF to a more appropriate severity.

-- 
Steve Langasek                   Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
Debian Developer                   to set it on, and I can move the world.
Ubuntu Developer                                    http://www.debian.org/
slangasek@ubuntu.com                                     vorlon@debian.org

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Message #15 received at 715112@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Dave Steele <dsteele@gmail.com>

To: 715110@bugs.debian.org, 715112@bugs.debian.org, debian developers <debian-devel@lists.debian.org>

Subject: Re: Broken library symlink detected in libsamba-util-dev

Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2013 04:10:16 -0400

On Sat, Jul 6, 2013 at 2:03 AM, Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> wrote:
> Control: severity 715110 normal
> Control: severity 715122 normal
>
> On Sat, Jul 06, 2013 at 05:01:15AM +0000, David Steele wrote:
>> Package: libsamba-util-dev
>> Version: 4.0.0~beta2+dfsg1-3.2
>> Severity: serious
>> User: debian-qa@lists.debian.org
>> Usertags: piuparts, broken-symlink, broken-symlink-shared-library
>
>> During a test with piuparts, I noticed your package is
>> responsible for the presence of broken symlinks involving
>> a shared library. Such failures may indicate a significant
>> problem with the package.
>
> "serious" when there's a grand total of 0 packages that use this -dev
> package for linking against the library?  Not hardly.
>
> I think this severity: serious mass-bug filing is extremely poorly
> conceived.  The fact that these bugs have evaded notice until a lintian
> check was added means that they do *not* have a high impact on the quality
> of the release.  If they did, they would have turned up already by way of
> archive rebuild testing.
>

I'm sorry you feel this way. I used the Policy-based severity
definitions to come up with 'serious', as I described earlier in the
thread.

The bugs did not evade notice. Piuparts has been tracking this issue
for some time, as a non-failing 'issue'. Affected packages were not
failed only because the very high reverse dependency count of many of
them would have made 90+% of the distribution untestable. The rdep
count has been driven low enough recently that elevating this test has
become viable. The bug filings are a first step in that process.

I wasn't aware of the history of the lintian check.

>> This is being filed as Serious because it represents a violation
>> of Policy. Section 8 states "Packages containing shared
>> libraries must be constructed with a little care to make sure
>> that the shared library is always available".
>
> The packages you've filed bugs against do *not* contain shared libraries.

That's pretty much the point (and a question of semantics).

Take one of the reports for libsamba-util-dev:

  /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtevent-util.so
    -> libtevent-util.so.0.0.1

# grep libtevent-util samba4-4.0.0~beta2+dfsg1/debian/*
samba4-4.0.0~beta2+dfsg1/debian/libsamba-util0.install:usr/lib/*/libtevent-util.so.*
samba4-4.0.0~beta2+dfsg1/debian/libsamba-util-dev.install:usr/lib/*/libtevent-util.so

... and libsamba-util-dev does not depend on libsamba-util0.

dpkg --contents shows that libsamba-util-dev installs two .so symlinks
that do not resolve to a valid targets.

So, I claim that libsamba-util-dev is purporting to provide two shared
libraries without following through on the contract. That is what I am
calling a serious bug, as defined by Policy.

It looks like the simple fix here is to add a Depends on libsamba-util0.

> You also did not achieve a consensus on debian-devel in favor of this mass
> bug filing before reporting these bugs.  At least one person objected to you
> filing these at severity: serious; another objected to this being considered
> an error at all.
>
>   https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2013/07/msg00115.html
>
> While in the case of these two bug reports it's definitely a bug in the
> packages and should be fixed, it's nowhere near severity: serious.  I
> suspect most of the other bugs are similar.
>
> Please downgrade the bugs from your MBF to a more appropriate severity.

Again, I am sorry for the confusion. I felt I had achieved consensus,
as evidenced by a quieting of the thread, and no attempts at rebutting
the Policy justification.

I guess the next step is a clearer statement of consensus on what to do next.

My position - I believe that the bug submittal, and the current
severity, is appropriate.

I will make changes should consensus dictate. (I may need some help
determining what constitutes consensus).

Message #20 received at 715112@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>

To: Dave Steele <dsteele@gmail.com>

Cc: 715110@bugs.debian.org, 715112@bugs.debian.org, debian developers <debian-devel@lists.debian.org>

Subject: Re: Broken library symlink detected in libsamba-util-dev

Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2013 11:48:08 +0200

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On Sat, Jul  6, 2013 at 04:10:16 -0400, Dave Steele wrote:

> I guess the next step is a clearer statement of consensus on what to do next.
> 
> My position - I believe that the bug submittal, and the current
> severity, is appropriate.
> 
> I will make changes should consensus dictate. (I may need some help
> determining what constitutes consensus).
> 
Is "please downgrade these bugs to a non-RC severity" clear enough?

Cheers,
Julien

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Message #25 received at 715112@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Dave Steele <dsteele@gmail.com>

To: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>

Cc: 715110@bugs.debian.org, 715112@bugs.debian.org, debian developers <debian-devel@lists.debian.org>

Subject: Re: Broken library symlink detected in libsamba-util-dev

Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2013 13:16:00 -0400

On Sat, Jul 6, 2013 at 5:48 AM, Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Jul  6, 2013 at 04:10:16 -0400, Dave Steele wrote:
>
>> I guess the next step is a clearer statement of consensus on what to do next.
>>
>> My position - I believe that the bug submittal, and the current
>> severity, is appropriate.
>>
>> I will make changes should consensus dictate. (I may need some help
>> determining what constitutes consensus).
>>
> Is "please downgrade these bugs to a non-RC severity" clear enough?
>

The consensus aspect of that is honestly not clear to me. I came into
this thinking that the discussion is about what Policy dictates, and
the consensus is on what the Policy calls for, based on my reading of
the background documentation. If I am wrong on that, I still need to
be corrected.

--
"Le mieux est l'ennemi du bien" - Voltaire

Message #34 received at 715112-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Andreas Beckmann <anbe@debian.org>

To: 715112-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#715112: fixed in scotch 5.1.12b.dfsg-2.1

Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2017 23:04:20 +0000

Source: scotch
Source-Version: 5.1.12b.dfsg-2.1

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
scotch, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 715112@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Andreas Beckmann <anbe@debian.org> (supplier of updated scotch package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org)


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Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2017 23:23:06 +0100
Source: scotch
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Architecture: source
Version: 5.1.12b.dfsg-2.1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Science Maintainers <debian-science-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Changed-By: Andreas Beckmann <anbe@debian.org>
Description:
 libptscotch-5.1 - MPI programs and libraries for graph, mesh and hypergraph partiti
 libptscotch-dbg - MPI programs and libraries for graph, mesh and hypergraph partiti
 libptscotch-dev - MPI programs and libraries for graph, mesh and hypergraph partiti
 libscotch-5.1 - programs and libraries for graph, mesh and hypergraph partitionin
 libscotch-dbg - programs and libraries for graph, mesh and hypergraph partitionin
 libscotch-dev - programs and libraries for graph, mesh and hypergraph partitionin
 libscotchmetis-dev - programs and libraries for graph, mesh and hypergraph partitionin
 libscotchparmetis-dev - programs and libraries for graph, mesh and hypergraph partitionin
 ptscotch   - MPI programs and libraries for graph, mesh and hypergraph partiti
 ptscotch-dbg - MPI programs and libraries for graph, mesh and hypergraph partiti
 scotch     - programs and libraries for graph, mesh and hypergraph partitionin
 scotch-dbg - programs and libraries for graph, mesh and hypergraph partitionin
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 .
   * Non-maintainer upload.
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