Bug#557704: FTBFS on powerpc: comparison is always false due to limited range of data type

[Luk Claes]

Package: grub2
Version: 1.97+20091115-1
Severity: serious

Hi

grub2 fails to build on powerpc with the following error on the buildd:

gcc-4.4 -Iutil/mkisofs -I/build/buildd/grub2-1.97+20091115/util/mkisofs -I. -I./include -I/build/buildd/grub2-1.97+20091115/include -Wall -W -DGRUB_LIBDIR=\"/usr/lib/`echo grub/powerpc-ieee1275 | sed 's,x,x,'`\" -g -Wall -O2 -DGRUB_UTIL=1 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I/build/buildd/grub2-1.97+20091115/util/mkisofs/include -I/build/buildd/grub2-1.97+20091115/gnulib -Wno-all -Werror -MD -c -o grub_mkisofs-util_mkisofs_name.o /build/buildd/grub2-1.97+20091115/util/mkisofs/name.c
cc1: warnings being treated as errors
/build/buildd/grub2-1.97+20091115/util/mkisofs/name.c: In function 'iso9660_file_length':
/build/buildd/grub2-1.97+20091115/util/mkisofs/name.c:216: error: comparison is always false due to limited range of data type
/build/buildd/grub2-1.97+20091115/util/mkisofs/name.c:284: error: comparison is always false due to limited range of data type
make[1]: *** [grub_mkisofs-util_mkisofs_name.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/build/buildd/grub2-1.97+20091115/build/grub-common'

The full build log can be found on:
https://buildd.debian.org/fetch.cgi?pkg=grub2&arch=powerpc&ver=1.97%2B20091115-1&stamp=1258322462&file=log&as=raw

Cheers

Luk