Bug#942359: Please provide libfftw3-long3 on all platforms

[Ole Streicher]

Package:libfftw3-long3
Version: 3.3.8-2
Severity: wishlist

Hi,

I have a package (cubature) that generates an include file (clencurt.h)
with a small helper program during build. This helper program uses the
"long double" version of libfftw (libfftw3-long3).

Unfortunately, libfftw3-long3 is only available on some architectures
and is missing on armel, armhf, mipsel and some ports. It seems that
these are the architectures where sizeof(long double) == sizeof(long),
which make the a separate "long double" version redundant.

However, the missing "long double" version breaks programs that use the
"long" version of the API. I could in principle rewrite the helper
program to support both; however this requires a lot of renaming and is
not really suitable for a Debian patch.

Therefore, I would ask to provide a "long double" version on all
machines which support the "long double" C data type.

Best regards

Ole