Hello, I'm attaching a tested patch that also adds a new autopkgtest that spots this kind of failures in the future.
(the diff fixes also #965175) G.
diff -Nru libftdi1-1.5/debian/changelog libftdi1-1.5/debian/changelog --- libftdi1-1.5/debian/changelog 2020-07-14 23:32:06.000000000 +0200 +++ libftdi1-1.5/debian/changelog 2020-07-17 08:57:55.000000000 +0200 @@ -1,3 +1,11 @@ +libftdi1 (1.5-4) unstable; urgency=medium + + * Mark one symbol as optional, disappearing on ppc64el with -O3 (Closes: #965175) + * Add again the LIBDIR in rules file to make the cmake script happy (Closes: #965177) + * Add an autopkgtest to test cmake scripts + + -- Gianfranco Costamagna <locutusofb...@debian.org> Fri, 17 Jul 2020 08:57:55 +0200 + libftdi1 (1.5-3) unstable; urgency=medium * Redirect autopkgtests stderr output to stdout. diff -Nru libftdi1-1.5/debian/libftdipp1-3.symbols libftdi1-1.5/debian/libftdipp1-3.symbols --- libftdi1-1.5/debian/libftdipp1-3.symbols 2020-06-27 14:53:49.000000000 +0200 +++ libftdi1-1.5/debian/libftdipp1-3.symbols 2020-07-17 08:57:46.000000000 +0200 @@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ _ZNK4Ftdi4List6rbeginEv@Base 1.5 _ZNK4Ftdi7Context20get_usb_read_timeoutEv@Base 1.5 _ZNK4Ftdi7Context21get_usb_write_timeoutEv@Base 1.5 - _ZNSt7__cxx1110_List_baseIN4Ftdi7ContextESaIS2_EE8_M_clearEv@Base 1.5 + (optional)_ZNSt7__cxx1110_List_baseIN4Ftdi7ContextESaIS2_EE8_M_clearEv@Base 1.5 _ZTIN5boost6detail15sp_counted_baseE@Base 1.5 _ZTIN5boost6detail17sp_counted_impl_pIN4Ftdi4List7PrivateEEE@Base 1.5 _ZTIN5boost6detail17sp_counted_impl_pIN4Ftdi6Eeprom7PrivateEEE@Base 1.5 diff -Nru libftdi1-1.5/debian/rules libftdi1-1.5/debian/rules --- libftdi1-1.5/debian/rules 2020-07-13 11:23:42.000000000 +0200 +++ libftdi1-1.5/debian/rules 2020-07-17 08:57:55.000000000 +0200 @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ override_dh_auto_configure: dh_auto_configure --builddirectory=build-main -- \ -DBUILD_TESTS=ON \ + -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR="/usr/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)" \ -DDOCUMENTATION:BOOL=ON \ -DEXAMPLES:BOOL=ON \ -DFTDIPP:BOOL=ON \ @@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ for v in $(PY3VERS) ; do \ dh_auto_configure --builddirectory=build-python$$v -- \ -DBUILD_TESTS=OFF \ + -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR="/usr/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)" \ -DDOCUMENTATION:BOOL=OFF \ -DEXAMPLES:BOOL=OFF \ -DFTDIPP:BOOL=ON \ diff -Nru libftdi1-1.5/debian/tests/control libftdi1-1.5/debian/tests/control --- libftdi1-1.5/debian/tests/control 2020-07-12 14:45:44.000000000 +0200 +++ libftdi1-1.5/debian/tests/control 2020-07-17 08:57:55.000000000 +0200 @@ -1,2 +1,5 @@ Tests: test-libftdi1 Depends: build-essential, libftdi1-dev, libboost-test-dev, pkg-config + +Tests: test-libftdi1-cmake +Depends: build-essential, libftdi1-dev, libboost-test-dev, cmake diff -Nru libftdi1-1.5/debian/tests/test-libftdi1-cmake libftdi1-1.5/debian/tests/test-libftdi1-cmake --- libftdi1-1.5/debian/tests/test-libftdi1-cmake 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100 +++ libftdi1-1.5/debian/tests/test-libftdi1-cmake 2020-07-17 08:57:55.000000000 +0200 @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +#!/bin/sh + +set -e + +WORKDIR=$(mktemp -d) +cat << EOF > $WORKDIR/CMakeLists.txt +cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16) +project(test) +find_package(LibFTDI1) + +message(STATUS "Include directories: " \${LIBFTDI_INCLUDE_DIRS}) +message(STATUS "Link directories: " \${LIBFTDI_LIBRARY_DIRS}) +message(STATUS "Libraries: " \${LIBFTDI_LIBRARIES}) + +add_library(imp_ftdi INTERFACE IMPORTED) +set_target_properties(imp_ftdi + PROPERTIES + INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "\${LIBFTDI_INCLUDE_DIRS}" + INTERFACE_LINK_DIRECTORIES "\${LIBFTDI_LIBRARY_DIRS}" + INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES "\${LIBFTDI_LIBRARIES}" + ) + +add_executable(test-libftdi1-cmake basic.cpp baudrate.cpp) +include_directories("\${LIBFTDI_INCLUDE_DIRS}") +target_link_libraries(test-libftdi1-cmake PRIVATE imp_ftdi boost_unit_test_framework) +EOF + +trap "rm -rf $WORKDIR" 0 INT QUIT ABRT PIPE TERM + +cp test/basic.cpp test/baudrate.cpp $WORKDIR +cd $WORKDIR +cmake . +make VERBOSE=1 + +echo "build: OK" +[ -x $WORKDIR/test-libftdi1-cmake ] +$WORKDIR/test-libftdi1-cmake 2>&1 +echo "run: OK"