Bug#701710: libav: FTBFS on powerpcspe

[Reinhard Tartler]

On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 5:41 PM, Roland Stigge <stigge at antcom.de> wrote:
> Hi Reinhard,
>
> On 02/27/2013 02:57 PM, Reinhard Tartler wrote:
>> I don't understand this. Why does gcc on powerpcspe enable altivec by
>> default? If powerpcspe ships a gcc that has broken default settings,
>> then this should be fixed first.
>
> I had a second look at this, and it turned out that it's actually a bug
> in upstream's configure.

Please propose a patch to fix that instead of changing debian/rules then.

> ... in debian/confflags would be nice, though (similar to arch powerpc).
>
>> I have noticed that you have filed a similar bug against mplayer, and
>> suspect that you have filed many more bugs. Is it possible that with
>> fixed gcc default settings, no changes would be necessary in mplayer,
>> libav and possibly many other packages?
>
> Right, I filed quite some bugs as you guessed. :-) Feel free to have a
> look at
>
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?tag=powerpcspe;users=debian-powerpcspe@breakpoint.cc
>
> Fortunately, libav's and mplayer2's configure are not very
> representative. ;-) The majority of the other bugs are fixes in other
> places or plain activation of powerpcspe.
>
> Will file a similar upstream fix to the mplayer2 package/bug.

You did not answer my question/suggestion at all. Can you please
comment on my suggestion to fix the gcc package?

-- 
regards,
    Reinhard