Bug#798651: getfem++: FTBFS on ppc64el: Could not find the Java configuration for the model <aarch64>

[Erwan Prioul]

Package: getfem++
Version: 4.2.1~beta1~svn4635~dfsg-5
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

getfem++ doesn't build on ppc64el. Let me know if you need any details.

> powerpc64le-linux-gnu-gcc -pthread -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fno-strict-aliasing -Wall -g -O2 -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -O3 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -DGMM_USES_BLAS -I/usr/include -I/usr/include -fPIC -I../../../src/getfem -I../../../src/getfem -I./.. -I. -I/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy/core/include -I/usr/include/python2.7 -c getfem_python_c.c -o ./getfem_python_c.o
> In file included from /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy/core/include/numpy/ndarraytypes.h:1804:0,
>                  from /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy/core/include/numpy/ndarrayobject.h:17,
>                  from /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy/core/include/numpy/arrayobject.h:4,
>                  from getfem_python_c.c:22:
> /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy/core/include/numpy/npy_1_7_deprecated_api.h:15:2: warning: #warning "Using deprecated NumPy API, disable it by " "#defining NPY_NO_DEPRECATED_API NPY_1_7_API_VERSION" [-Wcpp]
>  #warning "Using deprecated NumPy API, disable it by " \
>   ^
> powerpc64le-linux-gnu-gcc -pthread -shared -Wl,-O1 -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -Wl,-z,relro -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -g -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wl,-z,relro -Wall -g -O2 -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -O3 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -DGMM_USES_BLAS -I/usr/include -I/usr/include ./getfem_python_c.o -L../.libs -L../../../src/.libs -lgetfemint -lgetfem -lzmumps_seq -lcmumps_seq -ldmumps_seq -lsmumps_seq -lmuparser -lqhull -lsuperlu -lblas -lsuperlu -lmetis -lstdc++ -lm -o ./_getfem.so
> make[6]: Leaving directory '/build/getfem++-QE2FtB/getfem++-4.2.1~beta1~svn4635~dfsg/interface/src/python'
> Making all in scilab
> make[6]: Entering directory '/build/getfem++-QE2FtB/getfem++-4.2.1~beta1~svn4635~dfsg/interface/src/scilab'
> SCI_DISABLE_TK=1 SCI_JAVA_ENABLE_HEADLESS=1 scilab -nw -nb -f /build/getfem++-QE2FtB/getfem++-4.2.1~beta1~svn4635~dfsg/interface/src/scilab/makefile_builder.sce
> Could not find the Java configuration for the model <ppc64le>. Please contact us on http://bugzilla.scilab.org
> /usr/bin/scilab-bin: error while loading shared libraries: libjava.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
> Makefile:893: recipe for target 'all' failed
> make[6]: *** [all] Error 127

It seems the bug is in scilab. I'll file a bug.

Maybe it would be good to leave this bug open until scilab is fixed,
and then we can check if this package works on ppc64el.

Thanks,
Erwan.