Bug#1121084: perl built with new IEEE long doubles on ppc64el breaks pdl

[Sebastiaan Couwenberg]

On 11/20/25 7:42 PM, Niko Tyni wrote:
> This smells like an ABI change in the interface between perl and binary
> ("XS") modules. I wonder if we can (or should) get away with just
> handling pdl, or if we need to bump the Provides: perlapi-5.40.1
> and force rebuilds of all binary modules.

It's unlikely that there are actual users of pdl on ppc64el, so I don't think this warrants great effort.

If rebuilding pdl resolves the issue, let's leave it at that.

Unless you really want to spend the time for the sake of correctness.

I acknowledge that pdl could just be the canary and wereas it is not important on ppc64el, perl itself is.

Kind Regards,

Bas

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