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

[Felix Zielcke]

tag 557704 pending fixed-upstream

Am Montag, den 23.11.2009, 20:40 +0100 schrieb 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%2B
> 20091115-1&stamp=1258322462&file=log&as=raw
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Luk

Thanks Luk. Though this FTBFS has been already fixed by me upstream.
There aren't just yet enough changes which would be worth an upload IMO.
But probable the previous FTBFS still applies:
https://buildd.debian.org/fetch.cgi?pkg=grub2;ver=1.97~beta4-1;arch=powerpc;stamp=1255230428
There wasn't anything changed upstream related to that AFAIK.
Ah well if next upload still has it I send a mail to the Debian powerpc
list. But this failure is GRUB specific.

-- 
Felix Zielcke
Proud Debian Maintainer and GNU GRUB developer