Now that Debian has official ppc64el buildd machine, this bug showed up in the ppc64el buildd:
https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=gdl&arch=ppc64el&ver=3.8.1-2&stamp=1409073598 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org