Hi If you have verified that the package works as expected after the patch is applied you are free to nmu.
The package is up for adoption. / Ola Inguza Technology AB Sent from a phone Den 3 nov 2014 18:39 skrev "Fernando Seiti Furusato" <ferse...@br.ibm.com>: > Source: vnc4 > Severity: normal > Tags: patch > User: debian-powe...@lists.debian.org > > Dear Maintainer, > > The package vnc4 fails to build from source on ppc64el, as seen at: > > https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=vnc4&arch=ppc64el&ver=4.1.1%2BX4.3.0-37.1&stamp=1410498358 > > The first error is due to gcc macro 'pixel' which it tries to replace > along the code and breaks the build. > Unsetting that (#undef pixel) fixes it. > > After that, the build breaks due to incorrect endianess definition. The > package straight assumes that powerpc is > big endian. As file Imake.tmpl states that it cannot be modified, all I > did was add a verification and definition > in Imake.cf file. Since compilation flags and parameters should be mostly > the same for powerpc64 (already defined > in a previously created patch), not much modification was needed. > > The patch is attached. > > Please let me know your comments. > Thanks and regards. > > Fernando. > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: jessie/sid > APT prefers unstable > APT policy: (500, 'unstable') > Architecture: ppc64el (ppc64le) > > Kernel: Linux 3.16-trunk-powerpc64le (SMP w/32 CPU cores) > Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash >
