Bug#844872: libreadline-java: FTBFS: org_gnu_readline_Readline.c:700:37: error: 'CPFunction' undeclared (first use in this function)

[Lucas Nussbaum]

Source: libreadline-java
Version: 0.8.0.1+dfsg-4
Severity: serious
Tags: stretch sid
User: debian-qa at lists.debian.org
Usertags: qa-ftbfs-20161118 qa-ftbfs
Justification: FTBFS on amd64

Hi,

During a rebuild of all packages in sid, your package failed to build on
amd64.

Relevant part (hopefully):
> gcc -I /usr/lib/jvm/default-java/include -I /usr/lib/jvm/default-java/include/linux -I /usr/lib/jvm/default-java/include -I /usr/lib/jvm/default-java/include/linux -Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -g -O2 -fdebug-prefix-map=/<<BUILDDIR>>/libreadline-java-0.8.0.1+dfsg=. -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -fPIC -DPOSIX -fPIC -DPOSIX -DJavaEditline \
>                                    -c org_gnu_readline_Readline.c
> org_gnu_readline_Readline.c:188:15: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type [-Wincompatible-pointer-types]
>    /* const */ &rl_library_version,
>                ^
> org_gnu_readline_Readline.c:188:15: note: (near initialization for 'globalStringInternals[0]')
> org_gnu_readline_Readline.c: In function 'Java_org_gnu_readline_Readline_setCompleterImpl':
> org_gnu_readline_Readline.c:700:37: error: 'CPFunction' undeclared (first use in this function)
>      rl_completion_entry_function = (CPFunction *) java_completer;
>                                      ^~~~~~~~~~
> org_gnu_readline_Readline.c:700:37: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
> org_gnu_readline_Readline.c:700:49: error: expected expression before ')' token
>      rl_completion_entry_function = (CPFunction *) java_completer;
>                                                  ^
> Makefile:109: recipe for target 'org_gnu_readline_Readline.o' failed
> make[5]: *** [org_gnu_readline_Readline.o] Error 1

The full build log is available from:
   http://aws-logs.debian.net/2016/11/18/libreadline-java_0.8.0.1+dfsg-4_unstable.log

A list of current common problems and possible solutions is available at
http://wiki.debian.org/qa.debian.org/FTBFS . You're welcome to contribute!

About the archive rebuild: The rebuild was done on EC2 VM instances from
Amazon Web Services, using a clean, minimal and up-to-date chroot. Every
failed build was retried once to eliminate random failures.