[Bug 356684] [NEW] fails to build: Python 2.6 no longer provides mkhowto

[Colin Watson]

Public bug reported:

albatross failed to build during a test rebuild of Jaunty. Here's the
log:

  http://launchpadlibrarian.net/24883143/buildlog_ubuntu-
jaunty-i386.albatross_1.36-5_FAILEDTOBUILD.txt.gz

/usr/lib/python2.6/doc/tools/mkhowto --pdf --a4 albatross.tex
make[1]: /usr/lib/python2.6/doc/tools/mkhowto: Command not found
make[1]: *** [pdf] Error 127
make[1]: Leaving directory `/build/buildd/albatross-1.36/doc'
make: *** [build-doc-stamp] Error 2
dpkg-buildpackage: failure: debian/rules build gave error exit status 2

See http://lists.debian.org/debian-python/2003/06/msg00000.html for
background. albatross provides LaTeX documentation along the lines of
what Python used to provide. However, Python switched to an RST-based
documentation system in 2.6, and so no longer provides the mkhowto tool;
this breaks albatross.

I suspect that the most practical solution for the time being would be
to build-depend explicitly on python2.5-dev and use
/usr/lib/python2.5/doc/tools/mkhowto for this.

** Affects: albatross (Ubuntu)
     Importance: High
         Status: New

** Affects: albatross (Ubuntu Jaunty)
     Importance: High
         Status: New

** Changed in: albatross (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => High

** Also affects: albatross (Ubuntu Jaunty)
   Importance: High
       Status: New

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fails to build: Python 2.6 no longer provides mkhowto
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