Paride, I did as you suggested, namely put build-essential in version y2 of the package in my PPA, test nonetheless failed[1] with i686-linux- gnu-pkg-config: not found. I think this bug should be open.
Exact debian/tests inside: ---> /tmp% head -1 highway-1.2.0/debian/changelog highway (1.2.0-10y2) plucky; urgency=medium /tmp% head -15 highway-1.2.0/debian/tests/compile-and-execute #!/bin/sh set -ex trap 'rm o' 0 if [ -n "${DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE:-}" ]; then CROSS_COMPILE_PREFIX="$DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE-" else CROSS_COMPILE_PREFIX= fi cflags=$(${CROSS_COMPILE_PREFIX}pkg-config --cflags --libs libhwy) c++ -x c++ - -o o -static-libasan -fsanitize=address -Wall -Wextra -Wpedantic $cflags <<EOF #include <hwy/highway.h> #include <cstring> #include <stdio.h> /tmp% cat highway-1.2.0/debian/tests/control Tests: compile-and-execute Depends: libhwy-dev, g++, pkgconf, build-essential Restrictions: allow-stderr <--- [1]https://autopkgtest.ubuntu.com/swift/v1/AUTH_0f9aae918d5b4744bf7b827671c86842/autopkgtest- plucky-nteodosio- fixes/plucky/i386/h/highway/20250303_164132_99610@/log.gz -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Canonical's Ubuntu QA, which is subscribed to Auto Package Testing. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2091054 Title: i386 autopkgtests using amd64 pkgconf which doesn't work Status in Auto Package Testing: Fix Released Bug description: i386 autopkgtests are using pkgconf from amd64 which means that many i386 autopkgtests will fail. I noticed that this situation got worse within the past week as more autopkgtests are failing that used to pass. I have run migration- reference tests for these that I have seen so they don't block migration of other packages. Here is one example. Let me know if you want me to show you more. https://autopkgtest.ubuntu.com/packages/libsoup3/plucky/i386 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/auto-package-testing/+bug/2091054/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~canonical-ubuntu-qa Post to : canonical-ubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~canonical-ubuntu-qa More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp