On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 10:00:40PM +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote: > Package: icon > Version: 9.4.3-3 > Severity: important > Tags: patch > Justification: fails to build from source > User: [email protected] > Usertags: s390x > > icon fails to build on s390x with errors in the testsuite, as the code > is wrong compiled by GCC. The problem is not in GCC itself, but by the > fact that the code uses type-punning, which is not allowed (and reported > as warnings). > > Currently the problem is workaround by compiling with -O0 on a set of > architectures that is virtually all architectures, except the new ones > being developed. The patch below removes the test on the architecture, > and only disable the optimisations that breaks the code. That way the > resulting code is still optimised, but it works. The real solution would > be to remove type-punning though. > -
This bug is currently blocking the bootstrap of the s390x port, would it be possible to do an upload soon to fix the issue? If you don't have time, I can also do a non-maintainer upload with the patch already in the BTS. -- Aurelien Jarno GPG: 1024D/F1BCDB73 [email protected] http://www.aurel32.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
