Bug#724469: FTBFS on all big-endian architectures

[Adam Conrad]

On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 10:33:32AM +0100, intrigeri wrote:
> 
> I'd rather not drop s390x from the list of architectures this package
> is built for, but this RC bug has now been around for 6 months, and at
> some point I'll want to get rid of it.

Not fixing a bug isn't the way to get rid of it.  This isn't s390x
specific, it's incorrect code leading to failure on 64-bit BE arches,
of which there are several, it just happens that s390x is the only
officially-supported one.

I understand that you personally may not have the skills to fix it,
and need input from either a porter or upstream, but that doesn't mean
the bug magically doesn't exist if no one gives you a patch to fix it.

... Adam