Control: tags -1 patch htslib is not following the aliasing rules as defined in the C standard, and telling gcc not to optimize based on the strict aliasing rules fixes this FTBFS.
cu Adrian --- debian/rules.old 2017-07-17 14:26:18.000000000 +0000 +++ debian/rules 2017-07-17 14:27:01.000000000 +0000 @@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ # export DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS = hardening=+all # Build fails due to -fpie export DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS = hardening=+bindnow +# see #865012 +export DEB_CFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND = -fno-strict-aliasing + export DH_VERBOSE=1 DEB_VERSION := $(shell dpkg-parsechangelog | egrep '^Version:' | cut -f 2 -d ' ')