Bug#963838: datapacker: FTBFS: Missing required argument --size

[Niko Tyni]

Source: datapacker
Version: 1.0.2
Severity: serious
Tags: ftbfs bullseye sid

This package fails to build on current sid.

datapacker.hs:111:29: error:
* No instance for (MonadFail (Either String))
arising from a use of `fail'
* In the expression: fail "Missing required argument --size"
In a case alternative:
Nothing -> fail "Missing required argument --size"
In a stmt of a 'do' block:
size <- case lookup "s" args of
Nothing -> fail "Missing required argument --size"
Just x -> parseNumInt binaryOpts True x
|
111 | Nothing -> fail "Missing required argument --size"
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
make[1]: *** [Makefile:6: all] Error 1

This seems to have regressed around 2020-06-19, see

https://tests.reproducible-builds.org/debian/rb-pkg/unstable/amd64/datapacker.html

https://tests.reproducible-builds.org/debian/history/datapacker.html

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