Bug#752544: vlc: source package fails to compile

[Sebastian Ramacher]

Control: severity -1 serious
Control: tags -1 + forwarded-upstream pending

On 2014-06-25 18:59:36, Mateusz Łukasik wrote:
> On 24.06.2014 16:51, Jason Pleau wrote:
> >Package: vlc
> >Version: 2.1.4-1+b2
> >Severity: serious
> >Tags: lfs
> >Justification: fails to build from source (but built successfully in the past)
> >
> >Dear Maintainer,
> >
> >vlc-2.1.4-1 currently fails to compile on my amd64 (unstable) system.
> >
> >- To reproduce:
> >
> >  1. download the source package with apt-get source vlc (need build-deps as
> >well)
> >
> >2. build the package.
> >
> >- Expected outcome: package is built and a .deb is generated
> >
> >- Current outcome: Package fails to build with this error:
> >
> >Making all in bin
> >make[2]: Entering directory '/home/oxez/vlc/vlc-2.1.4/bin'
> >   GEN      ../modules/plugins.dat
> >/bin/bash: line 4: 17992 Segmentation fault      ./vlc-cache-gen ../modules
> >Makefile:1538: recipe for target '../modules/plugins.dat' failed
> >make[2]: *** [../modules/plugins.dat] Error 139
> >make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/oxez/vlc/vlc-2.1.4/bin'
> >
> >
> >- How to build the package successfully :
> >
> >The package can be built by using first: export
> >LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
> >
> >More information can also be found at https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/39676
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I now finished build vlc on clean unstable chroot environment and I don't
> see that bug. It's build fine.

vlc now failed to build on mips with the same error. I'm raising the
severity back to serious since it even failed after a give-back.

I've pushed a patch and forwarded it upstream and will upload a new
revision tomorrow.

Cheers
-- 
Sebastian Ramacher
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