Bug#582774: seed FTBFS on ia64

[Josselin Mouette]

Le dimanche 23 mai 2010 à 15:06 +0100, peter green a écrit :
> Package: seed
> Version: 2.30.0-1
> Severity: serious
> 
> Seed fails to build on ia64. Unfortunately I don't have access to an 
> ia64 system so I can't debug this myself.
> 
> https://buildd.debian.org/fetch.cgi?pkg=seed&arch=ia64&ver=2.30.0-1&stamp=1270425014&file=log&as=raw
> 
> make[5]: Entering directory `/build/buildd-seed_2.30.0-1-ia64-em4hmt/seed-2.30.0/doc/modules/readline'
> ../../../src/seed ../../../doc/modules/make-functions.js ../../../doc/modules/readline/readline.js > ../../../doc/modules/readline/readline-funcs.xml
> 
> ** (seed:307): CRITICAL **: Line 0 in (null): (null) (null)
> 
> 
> As well as being rc in it's own right this bug is blocking the migration 
> of fixes for a number of rc bugs in epiphany-browser.

After some analysis, it turns out that previous versions of seed can
build but don’t actually work on ia64.

The bug appeared between 2.27.91-1 and 2.28.0-1, but it turns out it is
not caused by a change in seed. Trying to build seed 2.27.91-1 on a
current ia64 chroot leads to the same failure. So this might actually be
a bug in the toolchain.

In the meantime, I think the only sane solution is to remove existing
seed packages on ia64 (since they are broken) and to disable seed
support in epiphany on ia64.

Any objections?
-- 
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