On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 09:49:53PM +0100, Aurelien Jarno wrote: > On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 10:00:40PM +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote: > > Package: icon > > Version: 9.4.3-3 > > Severity: important > > Tags: patch > > Justification: fails to build from source > > User: [email protected] > > Usertags: s390x > > > > icon fails to build on s390x with errors in the testsuite, as the code > > is wrong compiled by GCC. The problem is not in GCC itself, but by the > > fact that the code uses type-punning, which is not allowed (and reported > > as warnings). > > > > Currently the problem is workaround by compiling with -O0 on a set of > > architectures that is virtually all architectures, except the new ones > > being developed. The patch below removes the test on the architecture, > > and only disable the optimisations that breaks the code. That way the > > resulting code is still optimised, but it works. The real solution would > > be to remove type-punning though. > > - > > This bug is currently blocking the bootstrap of the s390x port, would it > be possible to do an upload soon to fix the issue? If you don't have > time, I can also do a non-maintainer upload with the patch already in > the BTS. >
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