Package: global Version: 6.5.5-1 Severity: normal Saving this as a bug to avoid it getting forgotten.
Wookey noted: global fails to build on hurd: https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=global&arch=hurd-i386&ver=6.5.5-1&stamp=1481673154 Punit replied: This one has interesting back story - there has been a patch for this issue after v6.4. See below - % cvs diff -r 1.104 -r 1.105 find.c Index: find.c =================================================================== RCS file: /sources/global/global/libutil/find.c,v retrieving revision 1.104 retrieving revision 1.105 diff -r1.104 -r1.105 3c3,4 < * 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 Tama Communications Corporation --- > * 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016 > * Tama Communications Corporation 81c82,86 < --- > #ifndef PATH_MAX > #error Since this platform does not have PATH_MAX, you should define it > #error using an appropriate value for the platform. > /* #define PATH_MAX 1024 */ > #endif Further investigation led me to [0][1]. I am tempted to un-comment the #define as a temporary fix. A proper fix will need re-writing PATH_MAX usage upstream. [0] https://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/community/gsoc/project_ideas/maxpath.html [1] https://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hurd/porting/guidelines.html (Search for PATH_MAX)
