prophet: FTBFS: test failures

Imported from Debian bug http://bugs.debian.org/720794:

Source: prophet
Version: 0.750-1
Severity: serious
Justification: FTBFS
Tags: sid jessie

This package FTBFS on a clean sid i386 chroot:

Test Summary Report
-------------------
t/aliases.t (Wstat: 65280 Tests: 64 Failed: 37)
  Failed tests: 8-10, 12-14, 16, 18, 20-22, 24-28, 30-32
                34, 36-38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48-50, 52, 54-56
                61-62, 64
  Non-zero exit status: 255
  Parse errors: Bad plan. You planned 69 tests but ran 64.
t/aliases_with_quotes.t (Wstat: 65280 Tests: 4 Failed: 1)
  Failed test: 1
  Non-zero exit status: 255
  Parse errors: Bad plan. You planned 16 tests but ran 4.
t/canonicalize.t (Wstat: 65280 Tests: 5 Failed: 0)
  Non-zero exit status: 255
  Parse errors: Bad plan. You planned 7 tests but ran 5.
t/cli-arg-parsing.t (Wstat: 65280 Tests: 3 Failed: 0)
  Non-zero exit status: 255
  Parse errors: Bad plan. You planned 44 tests but ran 3.
t/cli.t (Wstat: 2304 Tests: 9 Failed: 9)
  Failed tests: 1-9
  Non-zero exit status: 9
t/config.t (Wstat: 65280 Tests: 3 Failed: 0)
  Non-zero exit status: 255
  Parse errors: Bad plan. You planned 13 tests but ran 3.
t/create-conflict.t (Wstat: 65280 Tests: 0 Failed: 0)
  Non-zero exit status: 255
  Parse errors: Bad plan. You planned 11 tests but ran 0.
t/create.t (Wstat: 65280 Tests: 4 Failed: 0)
  Non-zero exit status: 255
  Parse errors: Bad plan. You planned 23 tests but ran 4.
t/default.t (Wstat: 65280 Tests: 5 Failed: 0)
  Non-zero exit status: 255
  Parse errors: Bad plan. You planned 9 tests but ran 5.
t/delete-delete-conflict.t (Wstat: 65280 Tests: 0 Failed: 0)
  Non-zero exit status: 255
  Parse errors: Bad plan. You planned 7 tests but ran 0.
t/edit.t (Wstat: 65280 Tests: 8 Failed: 6)
  Failed tests: 1, 3, 5-8
  Non-zero exit status: 255
  Parse errors: Bad plan. You planned 34 tests but ran 8.
t/error.t (Wstat: 512 Tests: 2 Failed: 2)
  Failed tests: 1-2
  Non-zero exit status: 2
t/export.t (Wstat: 512 Tests: 13 Failed: 11)
  Failed tests: 2-9, 11-13
  Non-zero exit status: 2
  Parse errors: Bad plan. You planned 17 tests but ran 13.
t/generalized_sync_n_merge.t (Wstat: 65280 Tests: 2 Failed: 0)
  Non-zero exit status: 255
t/history.t (Wstat: 65280 Tests: 0 Failed: 0)
  Non-zero exit status: 255
  Parse errors: Bad plan. You planned 8 tests but ran 0.
t/init.t (Wstat: 256 Tests: 2 Failed: 1)
  Failed test: 2
  Non-zero exit status: 1
t/log.t (Wstat: 65280 Tests: 4 Failed: 0)
  Non-zero exit status: 255
  Parse errors: Bad plan. You planned 22 tests but ran 4.
t/luid.t (Wstat: 65280 Tests: 2 Failed: 0)
  Non-zero exit status: 255
  Parse errors: Bad plan. You planned 13 tests but ran 2.
t/malformed-url.t (Wstat: 1280 Tests: 5 Failed: 5)
  Failed tests: 1-5
  Non-zero exit status: 5
t/non-conflicting-merge.t (Wstat: 4608 Tests: 24 Failed: 18)
  Failed tests: 2-3, 5-14, 17-21, 23
  Non-zero exit status: 18
t/publish-html.t (Wstat: 512 Tests: 9 Failed: 7)
  Failed tests: 2-5, 7-9
  Non-zero exit status: 2
  Parse errors: Bad plan. You planned 13 tests but ran 9.
t/publish-pull.t (Wstat: 512 Tests: 12 Failed: 10)
  Failed tests: 3-12
  Non-zero exit status: 2
  Parse errors: Bad plan. You planned 33 tests but ran 12.
t/real-conflicting-merge.t (Wstat: 512 Tests: 12 Failed: 11)
  Failed tests: 1-8, 10-12
  Non-zero exit status: 2
  Parse errors: Bad plan. You planned 18 tests but ran 12.
t/record-types.t (Wstat: 1024 Tests: 4 Failed: 4)
  Failed tests: 1-4
  Non-zero exit status: 4
t/references.t (Wstat: 65280 Tests: 3 Failed: 0)
  Non-zero exit status: 255
  Parse errors: Bad plan. You planned 7 tests but ran 3.
t/res-conflict-3.t (Wstat: 65280 Tests: 0 Failed: 0)
  Non-zero exit status: 255
  Parse errors: Bad plan. You planned 11 tests but ran 0.
t/resty-server.t (Wstat: 65280 Tests: 1 Failed: 0)
  Non-zero exit status: 255
  Parse errors: Bad plan. You planned 26 tests but ran 1.
t/search.t (Wstat: 3840 Tests: 18 Failed: 15)
  Failed tests: 3-8, 10-18
  Non-zero exit status: 15
t/Settings/t/database-settings-editor.t (Wstat: 2304 Tests: 9 Failed: 9)
  Failed tests: 1-9
  Non-zero exit status: 9
t/Settings/t/sync-database-settings.t (Wstat: 2816 Tests: 12 Failed: 11)
  Failed tests: 2-12
  Non-zero exit status: 11
t/simple-conflicting-merge.t (Wstat: 65280 Tests: 13 Failed: 11)
  Failed tests: 3-13
  Non-zero exit status: 255
  Parse errors: Bad plan. You planned 17 tests but ran 13.
t/simple-push.t (Wstat: 3072 Tests: 17 Failed: 12)
  Failed tests: 2-7, 9, 11, 13-15, 17
  Non-zero exit status: 12
t/sync-change-to-original-source.t (Wstat: 65280 Tests: 0 Failed: 0)
  Non-zero exit status: 255
  Parse errors: Bad plan. You planned 5 tests but ran 0.
t/sync-delete-conflict.t (Wstat: 65280 Tests: 0 Failed: 0)
  Non-zero exit status: 255
  Parse errors: Bad plan. You planned 7 tests but ran 0.
t/sync-ticket.t (Wstat: 65280 Tests: 0 Failed: 0)
  Non-zero exit status: 255
  Parse errors: Bad plan. You planned 9 tests but ran 0.
t/sync_3party.t (Wstat: 65280 Tests: 0 Failed: 0)
  Non-zero exit status: 255
  Parse errors: Bad plan. You planned 8 tests but ran 0.
t/usage.t (Wstat: 18432 Tests: 72 Failed: 72)
  Failed tests: 1-72
  Non-zero exit status: 72
t/validate.t (Wstat: 65280 Tests: 5 Failed: 0)
  Non-zero exit status: 255
  Parse errors: Bad plan. You planned 7 tests but ran 5.
Files=45, Tests=383, 16 wallclock secs ( 0.18 usr 0.19 sys + 12.80 cusr 3.64 csys = 16.81 CPU)
Result: FAIL
Failed 38/45 test programs. 252/383 subtests failed.
make[1]: *** [test_dynamic] Error 255
make[1]: Leaving directory `/build/dom-prophet_0.750-1-i386-r838Mz/prophet-0.750'
make: *** [debian/stamp-makefile-check] Error 2

See full test log attached.