Bug#746493: scilab: scilab fails to launch on powerpc

[Dimitri John Ledkov]

Package: scilab
Version: 5.5.0-2
Severity: grave

Dear Maintainer,

Previously scilab was operational on powerpc (at least in batch
mode). Now it fails to start like so:

$ scilab -nw -e 'quit;'
Could not create a Scilab main class. Error:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
 at javax.media.opengl.GLProfile.<clinit>(GLProfile.java:83)
 at org.scilab.modules.gui.SwingView.<init>(Unknown Source)
 at org.scilab.modules.gui.SwingView.registerSwingView(Unknown Source)
 at org.scilab.modules.core.Scilab.<init>(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Incompatible MachineDescriptions:
 Static MachineDescriptionStatic: X86_32_UNIX(1): MachineDescription: runtimeValidated false, littleEndian true, 32Bit true, primitive size / alignment:
  int8 1 / 1, int16 2 / 2
  int 4 / 4, long 4 / 4
  int32 4 / 4, int64 8 / 4
  float 4 / 4, double 8 / 4, ldouble 12 / 4
  pointer 4 / 4, page 4096
 Runtime MachineDescription: runtimeValidated true, littleEndian false, 32Bit true, primitive size / alignment:
  int8 1 / 1, int16 2 / 2
  int 4 / 4, long 4 / 4
  int32 4 / 4, int64 8 / 8
  float 4 / 4, double 8 / 8, ldouble 16 / 16
  pointer 4 / 4, page 4096
 at com.jogamp.common.os.Platform.<clinit>(Platform.java:227)
 ... 4 more

Scilab cannot create Scilab Java Main-Class (we have not been able to
find the main Scilab class. Check if the Scilab and thirdparty packages
are available).

Expected result is:
$ scilab -nw -e 'quit;'
Scilab 5.5.0 ($build-date, $build-time)

Regards

Dimitri.