[Debichem-devel] Bug#1093086: Bug#1093086: rdkit: FTBFS on big-endian architectures

[Andrius Merkys]

Hello,

On 2025-01-15 09:54, Andrius Merkys wrote:
>  From a quick glance it seems that a lot of problems are related to 
> Python pickle reading. Upstream has made some fixes related to 
> endianness in version 202409.4 [1], thus packaging the newer upstream 
> version might mitigate the problem.
> 
> [1] https://github.com/rdkit/rdkit/pull/8105

I gave packaging 202409.4 a shot, but the build failed with the following:

sphinx-build -b latex -d _build/doctrees   . _build/latex

[snip]

resolving references...
/home/andrius/debian-packages/rdkit/Docs/Book/GettingStartedWithContributing.md:271: 
WARNING: 'myst' cross-reference target not found: 
'building-rdkit-for-development' [myst.xref_missing]
processing RDKit.tex: failed

Extension error:
convert exited with error:
[stderr]
b"convert: non-conforming drawing primitive definition 
`stroke-dasharray' @ error/draw.c/RenderMVGContent/4548.\n"
[stdout]
b''

Currently I have no idea how to deal with it.

Andrius