Bug#807420: lwjgl: FTBFS on ppc64el: error: wrong type argument to unary exclamation mark

[tony mancill]

On 12/08/2015 08:32 AM, Fernando Seiti Furusato wrote:
> Source: lwjgl
> Version: 2.7.1+dfsg-4
> Severity: normal
> Tags: patch
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> I am aware that this package has a newer version available.
> But since it is in the repository, it would be good to have it building on
> ppc64el as well.
> 
> The reason for the failure is because altivec is enabled by default on
> ppc64el so all gets compiled with flag -maltivec on.
> Consequently, macros definitions from altivec.h such as bool, vector and 
> pixel get replaced along the code.
> 
> I included -mcpu-powerpc if the arch is ppc64le, but I am not sure this is
> the best way to do so.
> 
> I know it works, because I tested on x86_64 and ppc64el.

Hi Fernando,

thank you for the bug report and the patch.  I'll get this uploaded so
we're building on ppc64el.

Cheers,
tony

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