Bug#827278: libsgmls-perl: iputils failure to crossbuild due to dependency on sgmlspl

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Control: severity -1 wishlist

Hi Dave,

On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 09:48:09AM -0500, Dave Chiluk wrote:
> Package: libsgmls-perl
> Version: 1.03ii-35
> Severity: serious
> Tags: patch
> Justification: fails to build from source
> User: ubuntu-devel at lists.ubuntu.com
> Usertags: origin-ubuntu yakkety ubuntu-patch
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> Cross-building of iputils fails to build because of inability to
> retrieve arch specific sgmlspl.
> 
> Setting Multi-Arch: allowed for sgmlspl resolves this issue.
> 
> *** /tmp/tmptcXdFp/bug_body
> 
> In Ubuntu, the attached patch was applied to achieve the following:
> 
> Allow iputils to Depend on sgmlspl when crossbuilding.  Cross-build
> patches for iputils will also be submitted to debian.
> 
> 
>   * iputils failure to crossbuild due to dependency on sgmlspl.
>     (LP: #1592389)
> 
> 
> Thanks for considering the patch.

Thanks for your report. Though TTBOMK, failures to cross-build are
not considered release critical. I'm thus downgrading the severity to
wishlist, matching #648033.

Regards,
Salvatore