Bugzilla Bug 194336

during configuration of libconfuse (included as part of ganglia), if check
version 0.8.2 or higher is found as shown by :

checking for check - version >= 0.8.2... yes

then the "tests" directory is also built, leading to this failure :

Making all in tests
make[5]: Entering directory
`/var/tmp/portage/sys-cluster/ganglia-3.0.3/work/gan
glia-3.0.3/srclib/confuse/tests'
if gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I..     -march=athlon64 -pipe -O2 -MT
check_conf
use.o -MD -MP -MF ".deps/check_confuse.Tpo" -c -o check_confuse.o
check_confuse.
c; \
        then mv -f ".deps/check_confuse.Tpo" ".deps/check_confuse.Po"; else rm
-
f ".deps/check_confuse.Tpo"; exit 1; fi
check_confuse.c:2:21: error: confuse.h: No such file or directory
check_confuse.c:10: error: expected ')' before '*' token
make[5]: *** [check_confuse.o] Error 1
make[5]: Leaving directory
`/var/tmp/portage/sys-cluster/ganglia-3.0.3/work/gang
lia-3.0.3/srclib/confuse/tests'
make[4]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory
`/var/tmp/portage/sys-cluster/ganglia-3.0.3/work/gang
lia-3.0.3/srclib/confuse'
make[3]: *** [all] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory
`/var/tmp/portage/sys-cluster/ganglia-3.0.3/work/gang
lia-3.0.3/srclib/confuse'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory
`/var/tmp/portage/sys-cluster/ganglia-3.0.3/work/gang
lia-3.0.3/srclib'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory
`/var/tmp/portage/sys-cluster/ganglia-3.0.3/work/gang
lia-3.0.3'
make: *** [all] Error 2
 *
 * ERROR: sys-cluster/ganglia-3.0.3 failed.
 * Call stack:
 *   ebuild.sh, line 1654:   Called dyn_compile
 *   ebuild.sh, line 990:   Called qa_call 'src_compile'
 *   ebuild.sh, line 44:   Called src_compile
 *   ganglia-3.0.3.ebuild, line 27:   Called die
 *
 * (no error message)
 * If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if
rele
vant.
 * A complete build log is located at
'/var/tmp/portage/sys-cluster/ganglia-3.0.
3/temp/build.log'.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge -Dv check
2. echo "sys-cluster/ganglia ~amd64" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords
3. emerge -Duv ganglia

Actual Results:  
compilation failure if following conditions are met (as per the example,
otherwise tune)

1. running "amd64", otherwise change step 2 and confirm you have a recent
enough check
2. ganglia-3.0.3 is not already installed otherwise change -Duv with -Dv in
step 3.

Expected Results:  
ganglia merged

regardless of the fact that check should had been listed as a build dependency
(most likely only if FEATURE="test") and selectable at configuration time, the
check compilation error was fixed upstream and will be released with
ganglia-3.0.5 as shown by :

http://ganglia.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/ganglia/trunk/monitor-core/srclib/confuse/tests/Makefile.am?r1=440&r2=701

Created an attachment (id=132289) [details]
fixes build of check_confuse and removes it from the all target

as shown in the linked upstream commit and backported for ganglia-3.0.3.

Created an attachment (id=132290) [details]
adds a HAVE_CHECK conditional to be used for make check if FEATURE="test"

backported from SVN for ganglia-3.0.3, will require an intrusive autoreconf
which also fixes a back in the generated aclocal that shows an script error at
build

Created an attachment (id=132291) [details]
ebuild for ganglia 3.0.3 that includes fixes

adds the following functionalities when compared with
=sys-cluster/ganglia-3.0.3 which was used as a base :

* inherit eutils for epatch
* inherit autotools for eautoreconf
* WANT_AUTOMAKE=1.8 and DEPEND >=sys-devel/automake-1.7.2 for eautomake
* add IUSE="test" and DEPEND >=dev-libs/checl-0.8.2 for FEATURE="test"

Created an attachment (id=132292) [details]
ebuild for ganglia 3.0.3 that includes fixes

tested in ~amd64 and ~x86

this bug shouldn't block BUG 172206 because the problem reported here was fixed
upstream for that release.

upgrading to 3.0.6 is recommended as it includes security fixes that won't be
available in this version unless backported.

a working ebuild for 3.0.3-r1 and all needed patches is available in the
following external overlay :

  layman -f -o http://tapir.sajinet.com.pe/gentoo/layman.xml -a sajinet

I've put ganglia-3.0.6 in the tree.  As you mentioned, this is fixed in that
release and as 3.0.3 never went stable I'm going to close this bug.  Please
reopen if you feel this is the wrong decision.