Bug#1092246: pdl ftbfs on hppa and powerpc (32-bit big-endian)

[Helge Deller]

Package: pdl
Version: 1:2.098-3
Tags: ftbfs
Usertags: hppa powerpc

The same testcases fail on hppa and powerpc.
Interestingly both platforms are 32-bit and big-endian platforms.

t/fits.t                       (Wstat: 65280 (exited 255) Tests: 4 Failed: 0)
   Non-zero exit status: 255
   Parse errors: No plan found in TAP output
t/ops-bitwise.t                (Wstat: 256 (exited 1) Tests: 107 Failed: 1)
   Failed test:  98
   Non-zero exit status: 1
t/ops.t                        (Wstat: 256 (exited 1) Tests: 107 Failed: 1)
   Failed test:  98
   Non-zero exit status: 1
t/primitive-interpolate.t      (Wstat: 256 (exited 1) Tests: 4 Failed: 1)
   Failed test:  4
   Non-zero exit status: 1
t/primitive-vector.t           (Wstat: 512 (exited 2) Tests: 13 Failed: 2)
   Failed tests:  5, 11
   Non-zero exit status: 2
Files=82, Tests=3655, 31 wallclock secs ( 0.60 usr  0.28 sys + 55.32 cusr  8.72 csys = 64.92 CPU)
Result: FAIL

The issue can be reproduced on the debian porterboxes (e.g. perotto.debian.net).
I'm willing to help to fix it, but lacking perl knowledge.
Small testcase would be great.

The failure in fits.t seems to stem that unlink() returns a value.
and the failure  in ops-bitwise might be that the indx type is only 32-bits on those platforms ???

Helge