Control: tags -1 patch What broke the build is that gcc 6 changed the default C++ standard from C++98 to C++14.
Not all valid C++98 code is also valid C++11 and C++14 code. Note that this just changed the default, when told to process C++98 code gcc 6 does not differ in any significant way from gcc 5. Making the code compatible with C++14 would be the best possible solution, but as a workaround it is possible to fix the build with this change to tell gcc that this is C++98 code. --- debian/rules.old 2017-01-13 13:08:45.000000000 +0000 +++ debian/rules 2017-01-13 12:52:37.000000000 +0000 @@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ #export DH_VERBOSE=1 +export CXXFLAGS= -std=gnu++98 + # These are used for cross-compiling and for saving the configure script # from having to guess our platform (since we know it already) DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE ?= $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE) cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed