Hi Salvatore, On 18 June 2011 at 10:28, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote: | Package: r-base-dev | Version: 2.13.0-3 | Severity: important | Tags: upstream sid patch | | Hi Dirk | | Some of the package depending on r-base-dev and xvfb FTBFS currently | with: | | > dh_installdirs usr/lib/R/site-library | > if test -f /usr/bin/xvfb-run; then \ | > xvfb-run \ | > R CMD INSTALL -l /build/salvi-rggobi_2.1.17-1-amd64-DicJpJ/rggobi-2.1.17/debian/r-cra | > n-rggobi/usr/lib/R/site-library --clean \ | > . ; \ | > else \ | > R CMD INSTALL -l /build/salvi-rggobi_2.1.17-1-amd64-DicJpJ/rggobi-2.1.17/debian/r-cran-rggob | > i/usr/lib/R/site-library \ | > --clean . ;\ | > fi | > xvfb-run: error: Xvfb failed to start | > make: *** [R_any_arch] Error 1 | > dpkg-buildpackage: error: /usr/bin/fakeroot debian/rules binary gave error exit status 2 | | (This is for rggobi 2.1.17-1).
I hadn't noticed this, but it is possible. We have seen the error before, especially when running several builds at one. | This remindered my after some investigation to [1], which we had in | the Debian Perl Group. The solution was to add -a to the xvfb-run | invocation to try to autodedect a free server number. | | [1] http://bugs.debian.org/573679 | | The attached patch adds -a to the xvfb-run call in r-cran.mk. | | Do you agree on this? Interesting. It should not hurt, so I will apply it. Thanks for taking the time to pass this on! Cheers, Dirk | | Note, I'm investigating currently [2], which still now in unstable | only causes libwx-perl FTBFS. During investigation I rebuilded some | packages depending on xvfb, and many of them seems to FTBFS too, so | further FTBFS could be caused from something else. | | [2] http://bugs.debian.org/630129 | | Regards | Salvatore | | -- System Information: | Debian Release: wheezy/sid | APT prefers unstable | APT policy: (500, 'unstable') | Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) | | Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) | Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) | Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | diff -u r-base-2.13.0/debian/r-cran.mk r-base-2.13.0/debian/r-cran.mk | --- r-base-2.13.0/debian/r-cran.mk | +++ r-base-2.13.0/debian/r-cran.mk | @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ | ## call R to install the sources we're looking at | ## use this inside xvfb-run if this wrapper is installed | if test -f /usr/bin/xvfb-run; then \ | - $(makeFlagsCall) xvfb-run \ | + $(makeFlagsCall) xvfb-run -a \ | R CMD INSTALL -l $(debRlib) --clean \ | $(extraInstallFlags) . ; \ | else \ -- Gauss once played himself in a zero-sum game and won $50. -- #11 at http://www.gaussfacts.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
