Bug#877236: debbugs: FTBFS: tests fail: dpkg: error: version 'foo-' has bad syntax: revision number is empty

Source: debbugs
Version: 2.4.2~exp1
Severity: serious
Justification: fails to build from source

Hi,

debbugs/experimental FTBFS in a current sid+experimental environment:

/usr/bin/make test
make[1]: Entering directory '/build/debbugs-2.4.2~exp1'
/usr/bin/perl -MTest::Harness -I. -e 'runtests(glob(q(t/*.t)))'
t/01_mime.t ........... ok

#   Failed test 'POD test for blib/lib/Debbugs/MIME.pm'
#   at /usr/share/perl5/Test/Pod.pm line 187.
# blib/lib/Debbugs/MIME.pm (274): Non-ASCII character seen before =encoding in 'encode_rfc1522('D<F6>n'. Assuming UTF-8
# Looks like you failed 1 test of 31.
t/01_pod.t ............ 
Dubious, test returned 1 (wstat 256, 0x100)
Failed 1/31 subtests 
dpkg: error: version 'foo-' has bad syntax: revision number is empty

#   Failed test 'Dpkg concures: Version foo- eq foo'
#   at t/02_version_dpkg.t line 69.
dpkg: error: version 'foo-' has bad syntax: revision number is empty

#   Failed test 'Dpkg concures: Version foo- lt foo+'
#   at t/02_version_dpkg.t line 69.
# Looks like you failed 2 tests of 17.
t/02_version_dpkg.t ... 
Dubious, test returned 2 (wstat 512, 0x200)
Failed 2/17 subtests 
configuration file '/etc/debbugs/config' doesn't exist; skipping itt/03_configuration.t .. ok
configuration file '/etc/debbugs/config' doesn't exist; skipping itt/03_packages.t ....... ok
configuration file '/etc/debbugs/config' doesn't exist; skipping itt/03_status.t ......... ok
configuration file '/etc/debbugs/config' doesn't exist; skipping itt/03_versions.t ....... ok
configuration file '/etc/debbugs/config' doesn't exist; skipping itt/05_mail.t ........... ok
Bailout called.  Further testing stopped:  Maximal count of pending signals (120) exceeded at t/lib/DebbugsTest.pm line 114, <DATA> line 16.
FAILED--Further testing stopped: Maximal count of pending signals (120) exceeded at t/lib/DebbugsTest.pm line 114, <DATA> line 16.
Makefile:35: recipe for target 'test' failed
make[1]: *** [test] Error 255
make[1]: Leaving directory '/build/debbugs-2.4.2~exp1'


andreas