Bug#724469: FTBFS on all big-endian architectures

[Niko Tyni]

clone 724469 -1
retitle -1 libglib-object-introspection-perl: FTBFS on 64-bit big-endian architectures
severity -1 important
found -1 0.020-2
close 724469 0.020-2
thanks

On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 01:00:19PM +0100, intrigeri wrote:
> intrigeri wrote (26 Mar 2014 11:25:38 GMT) :
> >  2. I want Jessie to be released with this package (and its
> >     reverse-dependencies) working on as many supported architectures
> >     as possible. Given I don't have the skills needed to port it to
> >     big-endian 64-bit architectures myself, all I can do is #1. So,
> >     whether Jessie ships this package on these architectures does not
> >     depend much on me.
> 
> ... and I would like to have opinions about what is an appropriate
> timing for dropping a target architecture for a given package, when
> nobody comes up with a patch to port the code to that architecture.

libglib-object-introspection-perl has never been built on s390x,
which is the only 64-bit big endian release architecture AFAIK.
So this issue isn't release critical anymore now that 32-bit big
endian architectures work (starting from 0.020-2).

Cloning a separate bug for the 64-bit part and closing the RC one.

No need to 'drop a target architecture' AIUI: no old binaries need
to be removed and 64-bit BE autobuilders can keep trying until
the issue is fixed.
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Niko Tyni   ntyni at debian.org