[Pkg-xen-devel] Bug#818525: xen: FTBFS: error: unterminated comment

[Martin Michlmayr]

Package: xen
Version: 4.6.0-1+nmu2
Severity: serious

This package fails to build in unstable:

> sbuild (Debian sbuild) 0.68.0 (15 Jan 2016) on dl580gen9-02.hlinux
...
> mkdir -p compat
> grep -v 'DEFINE_XEN_GUEST_HANDLE(long)' public/grant_table.h | \
> python /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/build/build-hypervisor_amd64_amd64/xen/tools/compat-build-source.py >compat/grant_table.c.new
> mv -f compat/grant_table.c.new compat/grant_table.c
> gcc -E -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -m64 -fno-strict-aliasing -std=gnu99 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-unused-but-set-variable -Wno-unused-local-typedefs -DNDEBUG -I/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/build/build-hypervisor_amd64_amd64/xen/include -I/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/build/build-hypervisor_amd64_amd64/xen/include/asm-x86/mach-generic -I/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/build/build-hypervisor_amd64_amd64/xen/include/asm-x86/mach-default -msoft-float -fno-stack-protector -fno-exceptions -Wnested-externs -DHAVE_GAS_VMX -DHAVE_GAS_EPT -DHAVE_GAS_FSGSBASE -mno-red-zone -mno-sse -fpic -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -DGCC_HAS_VISIBILITY_ATTRIBUTE -fno-builtin -fno-common -Werror -Wredundant-decls -Wno-pointer-arith -pipe -g -D__XEN__ -nostdinc -DCONFIG_SHADOW_PAGING -DHAS_ACPI -DHAS_GDBSX -DHAS_PASSTHROUGH -DHAS_MEM_ACCESS -DHAS_MEM_PAGING -DHAS_MEM_SHARING -DHAS_PCI -DHAS_IOPORTS -DHAS_PDX -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -m64 -fno-strict-aliasing -std=gnu99 -Wall -Wstrict-prot
> otypes -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-unused-but-set-variable -Wno-unused-local-typedefs -include public/xen-compat.h -m32 -o compat/grant_table.i compat/grant_table.c
> compat/grant_table.c:33:1: error: unterminated comment
>  /*
>  ^
> compat/grant_table.c:28:0: error: unterminated #ifndef
>  #ifndef __XEN_PUBLIC_GRANT_TABLE_H__
>  ^
> Makefile:61: recipe for target 'compat/grant_table.i' failed
> make[5]: *** [compat/grant_table.i] Error 1
> rm compat/features.i compat/callback.c compat/event_channel.i compat/elfnote.c compat/elfnote.i compat/features.c compat/event_channel.c compat/callback.i compat/grant_table.c

-- 
Martin Michlmayr
Linux for HPE Helion, Hewlett Packard Enterprise