debian/changelog

+mrs (6.0.5+dfsg-6) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Skip broken test for log4cpp - we can be sure that the package exists
+    due to Build-Depends anyway
+    Closes: #898964
+
+ -- Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>  Fri, 18 May 2018 13:37:17 +0200
+
 mrs (6.0.5+dfsg-5) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Fix format string error

debian/patches/fix_check_for_log4cpp.patch

+Description: Skip broken test for log4cpp - we can be sure that the package exists
+    due to Build-Depends anyway
+Bug-Debian: https://bugs.debian.org/898964
+Author: Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>
+Last-Update: Fri, 18 May 2018 13:34:00 +0200
+
+--- a/configure
++++ b/configure
+@@ -364,11 +364,11 @@ END
+ int main() { log4cpp::Category& root = log4cpp::Category::getRoot(); return 0; }
+ END
+ 
+-	if (not CheckLib("log4cpp", $header_check, $lib_check))
+-	{
+-		die "\n\nCannot continue since you don't seem to have log4cpp installed\n",
+-			"Please install the log4cpp-dev package and run configure again.\n";
+-	}
++#	if (not CheckLib("log4cpp", $header_check, $lib_check))
++#	{
++#		die "\n\nCannot continue since you don't seem to have log4cpp installed\n",
++#			"Please install the log4cpp-dev package and run configure again.\n";
++#	}
+ 
+ 	push @libs, 'log4cpp';
+ 

debian/patches/series

@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ init_d.diff
 gcc-6.patch
 boost-1.65-compat.patch
 fix_format_string.patch
+fix_check_for_log4cpp.patch