Package: gjs
Version: 1.50.1-2
Severity: serious
Affects: gnome-documents
X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-m...@lists.debian.org
mozjs52 now works at least partially on mips (although there are thousands
of test failures, #878284) but gjs doesn't even start:
(sid_mips-dchroot)smcv@minkus ~ % js52
js> print("hello, world")
hello, world
js>
(sid_mips-dchroot)smcv@minkus ~ % gjs
(gjs:13738): Gjs-WARNING **: gjs_eval_in_scope called with a pending
exception
(gjs:13738): Gjs-WARNING **: JS ERROR: TypeError: can't assign to
properties of (new Number(1.629847465960073e+237)): not an object
JS_EvaluateScript() failed
This causes gnome-documents to FTBFS (#878431, which I can also reproduce
for 3.22.5-2 in unstable):
https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=gnome-documents&arch=mips&ver=3.26.1-1&stamp=1507913495&raw=0
I thought gjs had build-time tests, but this doesn't exactly look
thorough, so perhaps they aren't run or something:
dh_auto_test -a
make -j2 test VERBOSE=1
make[1]: Entering directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>'
XMLLINT not set and xmllint not found in path; skipping xml preprocessing.
XMLLINT not set and xmllint not found in path; skipping xml preprocessing.
XMLLINT not set and xmllint not found in path; skipping xml preprocessing.
make[1]: Nothing to be done for 'test'.
We should at least do a smoke-test (run the interpreter with a "hello
world" program, like I added to mozjs52) to demonstrate that it has some
basic level of functionality.
As for the actual bug, sorry, I have no idea. If there isn't a
likely-looking patch in Firefox or something, we might have to go the
architecture-specific removal route, which would mean no gjs and no
task-gnome-desktop on mips. I don't imagine there are very many GNOME
users on mips...
Are the 32-bit mips ports planned to still be release architectures in
buster? How much effort is it worth putting into them?
Regards,
smcv
