Fwd: Bug#724469: FTBFS on all big-endian architectures

[intrigeri <intrigeri+debian boum org>]

Hi,

since 0.015, some of the Glib-Object-Introspection tests fail on all
big-endian architectures supported by Debian.

I am attaching the original bug report. More info can be found at
http://bugs.debian.org/724469, including a patch that apparently fixes
the problem on 32-bit big endian architectures:

  
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=12;filename=gperl-i11n-invoke-c_big_endian_32.patch;att=1;bug=724469

The patch author says that more work will be needed for 64-bit big
endian architectures.

Is upstream interested in supporting these architectures, or is
the ball in the Debian porters' court?

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• From: Adam Conrad <adconrad debian org>
• To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit bugs debian org>
• Subject: Bug#724469: FTBFS on all big-endian architectures
• Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 23:48:58 -0600

Package: libglib-object-introspection-perl
Version: 0.015-1
Severity: important

libglib-object-introspection-perl fails to build on all big-endian
architectures with the following test failures:

#   Failed test at t/00-basic-types.t line 15.
#          got: '-1'
#     expected: '-127'

#   Failed test at t/00-basic-types.t line 16.
#          got: '0'
#     expected: '255'

#   Failed test at t/00-basic-types.t line 17.
#          got: '-1'
#     expected: '-32767'

#   Failed test at t/00-basic-types.t line 18.
#          got: '0'
#     expected: '65535'
# Looks like you failed 4 tests of 34.
t/00-basic-types.t ............ 
Dubious, test returned 4 (wstat 1024, 0x400)
Failed 4/34 subtests 

#   Failed test at t/arg-checks.t line 11.
#          got: '-1'
#     expected: '-127'

#   Failed test at t/arg-checks.t line 21.
#          got: '0'
#     expected: '127'
# Looks like you failed 2 tests of 5.
t/arg-checks.t ................ 
Dubious, test returned 2 (wstat 512, 0x200)
Failed 2/5 subtests

Given both the nature of the results of the tests, and the selection of
architectures where the failures happen, it's fairly clearly an endian
issue, though I haven't looked into where.  More logs can be found at:

https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=libglib-object-introspection-perl

... Adam

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  intrigeri