Bug#1146517: libipc-shareable-perl: FTBFS on ppc64el and ppc64: shm_segments() reads the wrong field of struct shmid_ds

[gregor herrmann]

Control: clone -1 -2
Control: retitle -2 libipc-shareable-perl: use IPC::SharedMem::stat()
Control: severity -2 normal
Control: forwarded -2 https://github.com/stevieb9/ipc-shareable/issues/66

On Sat, 24 Oct 2026 10:48:59 +0300, Niko Tyni wrote:

>On Wed, Oct 21, 2026 at 09:00:59PM +0200, gregor herrmann wrote:
>> If Niko suggests to go the IPC::SharedMem path (and if we have one clear
>> upstream pull request that can be converted to a clean Debian patch) I'm
>> happy to go this way -- that's why I asked for additional opinions from
>> people who understand the situation better than me :)
>Yeah we don't really disagree on anything here :)

:)

>Perhaps a way forward would be
>- minimal changes in unstable: add the special case struct offsets for ppc
>- try out the IPC::SharedMem approach in experimental
>- if /when all goes well in experimental, make an upstream PR for the
>  IPC::SharedMem changes
>- hopefully switch to IPC::SharedMem in unstable too later, preferably via an
>  upstream release of course

Sounds like a plan.

I'm starting with step one: adding the ppc special casing (Edmund's 
patches in this bug report) and uploading to unstable.

Then we can close this RC bug, and I'm cloning it to have a place to 
track the next steps (using IPC::SharedMem).


Cheers,
gregor

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