Bug#743583: python3-gi fails to install on arm64 (struct.error from py3compile)

[Wookey]

+++ Jakub Wilk [2014-04-04 01:21 +0200]:
> * Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu at debian.org>, 2014-04-04, 00:49:
> >>Setting up python3-gi (3.10.2-2) ...
> >>Traceback (most recent call last):
> >>  File "/usr/bin/py3compile", line 290, in <module>
> >>    main()
> >>  File "/usr/bin/py3compile", line 270, in main
> >>    options.force, options.optimize, e_patterns)
> >>  File "/usr/bin/py3compile", line 172, in compile
> >>    interpreter.magic_number(version), mtime)
> >>struct.error: 'l' format requires -2147483648 <= number <= 2147483647
> 
> Probably something to do with bogus timestamps in the deb:
> 
> drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2063-05-01 14:32 ./

Well spotted. Some repacking has just proved that that is indeed the problem.

I did have a load of stuff built in '2021' earlier in this project (due
to the hwclocks not being settable on the early arm64 hardware/kernels).
I hadn't realised I have some thing from '2063' too. What's somewhat odd
is that this packaged worked fine for quite some time (on 1st machine),
and this issue only came up on a new machine. Possibly because it's due
to time-difference, not absolute time.

Anyway, glad to have that mystery cleared up. And it unbungs a pile of builds. thanks.

> Of course, it would be better if dh_python3 was Y2038-compliant. :)

yes. Is there any point filing a wishlist for that, to remind someone to do
something about it before it's a real issue?

Wookey
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