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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Aurelien Jarno                          GPG: 1024D/F1BCDB73
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