Source: swish-e Version: 2.4.7-7.1 Tags: patch User: [email protected] Usertags: ftcbfs
swish-e fails to cross build from source, because the packaging does not consider cross compilation and the way it performs the build manually ends up building it for the build architecture. This manifests in three areas: 1. Use of bare "gcc". For cross compilation, a triplet-prefixed tool should be used. An easy way to get the right one is including /usr/share/dpkg/buildtools.mk. 2. Failure to pass --build/--host flags to configure. The easiest way of doing so is using dh_auto_configure. That would mean refactoring debian/rules, so instead my patch suggests providing those flags explicitly. 3. Failure to export a cross PERL5LIB for building a Perl extension. Again dh_auto_configure would handle this automatically. Instead of refactoring debian/rules, my patch provides the variable explicitly. Consider applying the attached patch and/or modernizing debian/rules. Helmut
diff -Nru swish-e-2.4.7/debian/changelog swish-e-2.4.7/debian/changelog --- swish-e-2.4.7/debian/changelog 2025-11-15 17:38:30.000000000 +0100 +++ swish-e-2.4.7/debian/changelog 2026-01-26 17:33:46.000000000 +0100 @@ -1,3 +1,13 @@ +swish-e (2.4.7-7.2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium + + * Non-maintainer upload. + * Fix FTCBFS: (Closes: #-1) + + Let dpkg's buildtools.mk supply a triplet-prefixed CC. + + Pass --build/--host to configure. + + Export a cross PERL5LIB for Makefile.PL. + + -- Helmut Grohne <[email protected]> Mon, 26 Jan 2026 17:33:46 +0100 + swish-e (2.4.7-7.1) unstable; urgency=medium * Non-maintainer upload. diff -Nru swish-e-2.4.7/debian/rules swish-e-2.4.7/debian/rules --- swish-e-2.4.7/debian/rules 2025-01-01 12:50:35.000000000 +0100 +++ swish-e-2.4.7/debian/rules 2026-01-26 17:33:37.000000000 +0100 @@ -5,12 +5,20 @@ DPKG_EXPORT_BUILDFLAGS = 1 +include /usr/share/dpkg/architecture.mk +include /usr/share/dpkg/buildtools.mk include /usr/share/dpkg/buildflags.mk ifndef PERL PERL = /usr/bin/perl endif +ifneq ($(DEB_BUILD_ARCH),$(DEB_HOST_ARCH)) +PERLVER := $(shell $(PERL) -MConfig -e 'print $$Config{version}') +PERL5LIB := /usr/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)/perl/cross-config-$(PERLVER)$(if $(PERL5LIB),:$(PERL5LIB)) +export PERL5LIB +endif + DEST=$(CURDIR)/debian/swish-e DOCDIR=$(DEST)/usr/share/doc/swish-e @@ -35,12 +43,12 @@ build.stamp: dh_testdir dh_update_autotools_config - env CC=gcc CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS)" LDFLAGS="$(LDFLAGS)" ./configure --mandir=\$${prefix}/share/man --with-libxml2 --prefix=/usr + env CC='$(CC)' CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS)" LDFLAGS="$(LDFLAGS)" ./configure --mandir=\$${prefix}/share/man --with-libxml2 --prefix=/usr --build=$(DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE) --host=$(DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE) $(MAKE) #$(MAKE) docs #(cd doc;$(MAKE) man) (chmod 755 swish-config;cd perl; env PATH=..:$$PATH SWISHSKIPTEST=1 SWISHIGNOREVER=1 $(PERL) Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor LDDLFLAGS="$(LDFLAGS) -shared" < /dev/null \ - && $(MAKE) OPTIMIZE="$(CFLAGS) -I../src/" CC=gcc LD=gcc LD_RUN_PATH=) + && $(MAKE) OPTIMIZE="$(CFLAGS) -I../src/" CC='$(CC)' LD='$(CC)' LD_RUN_PATH=) > $@ binary: binary-arch binary-indep
