Source: id-utils
Version: 4.6.28-20200521ss15dab
Tags: patch
User: debian-cr...@lists.debian.org
Usertags: ftcbfs
id-utils fails to cross build from source. Even though configure detects
the correct compiler, the make invocation from debian/rules forces the
build architecture compiler. If the CC environment variable is set,
configure would pick it up already and otherwise $(CC) simply becomes
"cc", which is wrong for cross builds. Dropping the assignment gets the
build a lot further.
The build still fails due to use of help2man. For that problem, there
are many different solutions with different tradeoffs:
* Stop using help2man and write real manual pages.
* Build twice. Once natively for help2man and once for real.
* Extract the --help output from the source by other means.
* Don't regenerate manual pages during build.
* Move manual pages to an arch:all packages.
Each of these has its own downsides. Do you have a preference?
In the mean time, please apply the attached patch and close this bug
when doing so.
Helmut
diff --minimal -Nru id-utils-4.6.28/debian/changelog
id-utils-4.6.28/debian/changelog
--- id-utils-4.6.28/debian/changelog 2020-05-23 17:00:36.000000000 +0200
+++ id-utils-4.6.28/debian/changelog 2020-12-17 22:34:38.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+id-utils (4.6.28-20200521ss150.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+ * Non-maintainer upload.
+ * Improve cross building: Don't force the build architecture compiler.
+ (Closes: #-1)
+
+ -- Helmut Grohne <hel...@subdivi.de> Thu, 17 Dec 2020 22:34:38 +0100
+
id-utils (4.6.28-20200521ss15dab) unstable; urgency=medium
* New upstream snapshot from git://git.savannah.gnu.org/idutils.git
15dabf93d63ec15e674bd049c839067e58ffb872
diff --minimal -Nru id-utils-4.6.28/debian/rules id-utils-4.6.28/debian/rules
--- id-utils-4.6.28/debian/rules 2020-05-22 21:38:30.000000000 +0200
+++ id-utils-4.6.28/debian/rules 2020-12-17 22:34:36.000000000 +0100
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
dh_testdir
# Compile the package.
- $(MAKE) CC="$(CC)" CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS)" LDFLAGS="$(LDFLAGS)"
+ $(MAKE) CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS)" LDFLAGS="$(LDFLAGS)"
touch $@
