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and subject line 31-bit support on s390x is gone
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regarding ncurses: Build 32bit packages on s390x
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: ncurses
Version: 6.0+20161126-1
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
Please consider applying the attached patch to build 32bit packages on
s390x. This patch has been part of Ubuntu for over a year now [1].
The original patch [2] does not apply cleanly as it assumes x32 support
has also been added.
[1] https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ncurses/6.0+20151024-2ubuntu2
[2]
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/236280845/ncurses_6.0+20151024-2ubuntu1_6.0+20151024-2ubuntu2.diff.gz
Many thanks,
Tiago Daitx
-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
APT prefers xenial-updates
APT policy: (500, 'xenial-updates'), (500, 'xenial-security'), (500,
'xenial'), (400, 'xenial-proposed'), (100, 'xenial-backports')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 4.8.0-34-generic (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
diff -Nru ncurses-6.0+20161126/debian/changelog ncurses-6.0+20161126/debian/changelog
--- ncurses-6.0+20161126/debian/changelog 2016-11-29 18:19:08.000000000 -0200
+++ ncurses-6.0+20161126/debian/changelog 2017-03-03 22:33:14.000000000 -0300
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+ncurses (6.0+20161126-2) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+ * Build 32bit packages on s390x.
+
+ -- Dimitri John Ledkov <[email protected]> Thu, 04 Feb 2016 15:20:19 +0000
+
ncurses (6.0+20161126-1) unstable; urgency=low
* New upstream patchlevel.
diff -Nru ncurses-6.0+20161126/debian/control ncurses-6.0+20161126/debian/control
--- ncurses-6.0+20161126/debian/control 2016-11-28 15:50:38.000000000 -0200
+++ ncurses-6.0+20161126/debian/control 2016-11-30 02:13:08.000000000 -0200
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
Maintainer: Craig Small <[email protected]>
Uploaders: Sven Joachim <[email protected]>
Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9.20141010),
dpkg-dev (>= 1.17.14),
- g++-multilib [amd64 i386 powerpc ppc64 s390 sparc] <!nobiarch>,
+ g++-multilib [amd64 i386 powerpc ppc64 s390 s390x sparc] <!nobiarch>,
libgpm-dev [linux-any],
pkg-config,
autotools-dev,
@@ -206,7 +208,7 @@
architecture.
Package: lib32ncurses5
-Architecture: amd64 ppc64
+Architecture: amd64 ppc64 s390x
Priority: optional
Depends: lib32tinfo5 (= ${binary:Version}),
${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
@@ -223,7 +225,7 @@
architecture.
Package: lib32ncurses5-dev
-Architecture: amd64 ppc64
+Architecture: amd64 ppc64 s390x
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Depends: lib32tinfo5 (= ${binary:Version}), lib32ncurses5 (= ${binary:Version}),
@@ -242,7 +244,7 @@
architecture.
Package: lib32ncursesw5
-Architecture: amd64 ppc64
+Architecture: amd64 ppc64 s390x
Priority: optional
Depends: lib32tinfo5 (= ${binary:Version}),
${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
@@ -258,7 +260,7 @@
architecture.
Package: lib32ncursesw5-dev
-Architecture: amd64 ppc64
+Architecture: amd64 ppc64 s390x
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Depends: lib32tinfo5 (= ${binary:Version}), lib32ncursesw5 (= ${binary:Version}),
@@ -293,7 +295,7 @@
This package supports the 64-bit ABI variant of your system's architecture.
Package: lib32tinfo5
-Architecture: amd64 ppc64
+Architecture: amd64 ppc64 s390x
Priority: optional
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
Replaces: lib32ncurses5 (<< 5.9-3)
@@ -308,7 +310,7 @@
This package supports the 32-bit ABI variant of your system's architecture.
Package: lib32tinfo-dev
-Architecture: amd64 ppc64
+Architecture: amd64 ppc64 s390x
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Depends: lib32tinfo5 (= ${binary:Version}),
diff -Nru ncurses-6.0+20161126/debian/rules ncurses-6.0+20161126/debian/rules
--- ncurses-6.0+20161126/debian/rules 2016-11-28 15:50:38.000000000 -0200
+++ ncurses-6.0+20161126/debian/rules 2017-03-03 22:22:57.000000000 -0300
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@
package-dbgti=libtinfo$(soname)-dbg
package-term=ncurses-term
package-examples=ncurses-examples
+
+m32_flag= -m32
workdir=$(shell pwd)
tempdir=debian/tmp
@@ -93,6 +105,14 @@
build_64 = build-64
endif
+ifeq ($(DEB_HOST_ARCH),s390x)
+build_32_target = s390-$(DEB_HOST_GNU_SYSTEM)
+build_32 = build-32 build-wide-32
+lib32 = /lib32
+usr_lib32 = /usr/lib32
+m32_flag = -m31
+endif
+
ifeq ($(DEB_HOST_ARCH),sparc)
build_64_target = sparc64-$(DEB_HOST_GNU_SYSTEM)
build_64 = build-64
@@ -213,8 +235,8 @@
cf_cv_type_of_bool='unsigned char'; export cf_cv_type_of_bool; \
cf_cv_working_poll=yes; export cf_cv_working_poll; \
- cd $(objdir-32) && CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS)" CC="$(HOST_CC) -m32" \
- BUILD_CC="gcc" CXX="$(HOST_CXX) -m32" \
+ cd $(objdir-32) && CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS)" CC="$(HOST_CC) $(m32_flag)" \
+ BUILD_CC="gcc" CXX="$(HOST_CXX) $(m32_flag)" \
$(relsrcdir)/configure \
$(CONFARGS) \
--host=$(build_32_target) \
@@ -278,8 +315,8 @@
cf_cv_type_of_bool='unsigned char'; export cf_cv_type_of_bool; \
cf_cv_working_poll=yes; export cf_cv_working_poll; \
- cd $(wobjdir-32) && CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS)" CC="$(HOST_CC) -m32" \
- BUILD_CC="gcc" BUILD_CPPFLAGS="-D_GNU_SOURCE" CXX="$(HOST_CXX) -m32" \
+ cd $(wobjdir-32) && CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS)" CC="$(HOST_CC) $(m32_flag)" \
+ BUILD_CC="gcc" BUILD_CPPFLAGS="-D_GNU_SOURCE" CXX="$(HOST_CXX) $(m32_flag)" \
$(relsrcdir)/configure \
$(CONFARGS) \
--host=$(build_32_target) \
@@ -310,7 +363,7 @@
touch $@
build-32: $(objdir-32)/config.status
- cd $(objdir-32) && $(MAKE) CC="$(HOST_CC) -m32" CXX="$(HOST_CXX) -m32"
+ cd $(objdir-32) && $(MAKE) CC="$(HOST_CC) $(m32_flag)" CXX="$(HOST_CXX) $(m32_flag)"
touch $@
build-64: $(objdir-64)/config.status
@@ -332,7 +389,7 @@
touch $@
build-wide-32: $(wobjdir-32)/config.status
- cd $(wobjdir-32) && $(MAKE) CC="$(HOST_CC) -m32" CXX="$(HOST_CXX) -m32"
+ cd $(wobjdir-32) && $(MAKE) CC="$(HOST_CC) $(m32_flag)" CXX="$(HOST_CXX) $(m32_flag)"
touch $@
build-wide-debug: $(wobjdir-debug)/config.status
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
There is no support for 31-bit packages on s390x anymore. The Linux
kernel removed it in version 6.19, and the Debian toolchain followed
suit, there are no 31-bit binaries left in testing and unstable.
Closing this bug accordingly,
Sven
--- End Message ---
