Hi, the build failure results from changed string functions of the newer eglibc (which to my knowledge are now iso conformant for c++).
Please find my intended NMU attached.
Cheers, and thanks for maintaining pearpc,
Stefan.
diff -u pearpc-0.4.0/debian/changelog pearpc-0.4.0/debian/changelog
--- pearpc-0.4.0/debian/changelog
+++ pearpc-0.4.0/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+pearpc (0.4.0-3.2) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Non-maintainer upload.
+ * Added debian/patches/04-eglibc-build.errors.dpatch to fix a FTBFS
+ with the newer/stricter eglibc (Closes: #560441, LP: #495772).
+
+ -- Stefan Potyra <sistp...@ubuntu.com> Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:23:14 +0100
+
pearpc (0.4.0-3.1) unstable; urgency=low
* Non-maintainer upload.
diff -u pearpc-0.4.0/debian/patches/00list pearpc-0.4.0/debian/patches/00list
--- pearpc-0.4.0/debian/patches/00list
+++ pearpc-0.4.0/debian/patches/00list
@@ -1,0 +2 @@
+04-eglibc-build.errors.dpatch
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- pearpc-0.4.0.orig/debian/patches/04-eglibc-build.errors.dpatch
+++ pearpc-0.4.0/debian/patches/04-eglibc-build.errors.dpatch
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+#! /bin/sh /usr/share/dpatch/dpatch-run
+## 04-eglibc-build.errors.dpatch by Stefan Potyra <sistp...@ubuntu.com>
+##
+## All lines beginning with `## DP:' are a description of the patch.
+## DP: fix build failures with stricter eglibc string functions.
+
+...@dpatch@
+diff -urNad pearpc-0.4.0~/src/system/file.cc pearpc-0.4.0/src/system/file.cc
+--- pearpc-0.4.0~/src/system/file.cc 2004-08-04 16:22:42.000000000 +0200
++++ pearpc-0.4.0/src/system/file.cc 2010-01-09 21:21:44.000000000 +0100
+@@ -127,9 +127,9 @@
+ int sys_basename(char *result, const char *filename)
+ {
+ // FIXME: use is_path_delim
+- char *slash1 = strrchr(filename, '/');
+- char *slash2 = strrchr(filename, '\\');
+- char *slash=(slash1>slash2) ? slash1 : slash2;
++ const char *slash1 = strrchr(filename, '/');
++ const char *slash2 = strrchr(filename, '\\');
++ const char *slash=(slash1>slash2) ? slash1 : slash2;
+ if (slash) {
+ int l=strlen(filename);
+ strncpy(result, slash+1, l-(slash-filename)-1);
+@@ -143,9 +143,9 @@
+ int sys_dirname(char *result, const char *filename)
+ {
+ // FIXME: use is_path_delim
+- char *slash1 = strrchr(filename, '/');
+- char *slash2 = strrchr(filename, '\\');
+- char *slash = (slash1>slash2) ? slash1 : slash2;
++ const char *slash1 = strrchr(filename, '/');
++ const char *slash2 = strrchr(filename, '\\');
++ const char *slash = (slash1>slash2) ? slash1 : slash2;
+ if (slash) {
+ strncpy(result, filename, slash-filename);
+ result[slash-filename] = 0;
+@@ -264,14 +264,14 @@
+ return (k == 0) ? 0 : EINVAL;
+ }
+
+-char *sys_filename_suffix(const char *fn)
++const char *sys_filename_suffix(const char *fn)
+ {
+ const char *s = NULL;
+ while (fn && *fn) {
+ if (sys_is_path_delim(*fn)) s = fn+1;
+ fn++;
+ }
+- char *p = s ? strrchr(s, '.') : NULL;
++ const char *p = s ? strrchr(s, '.') : NULL;
+ return p ? p+1 : NULL;
+ }
+
+diff -urNad pearpc-0.4.0~/src/system/file.h pearpc-0.4.0/src/system/file.h
+--- pearpc-0.4.0~/src/system/file.h 2004-08-04 16:22:42.000000000 +0200
++++ pearpc-0.4.0/src/system/file.h 2010-01-09 21:21:44.000000000 +0100
+@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
+ int sys_dirname(char *result, const char *filename);
+ int sys_relname(char *result, const char *filename, const char *cwd);
+ int sys_common_canonicalize(char *result, const char *in_name, const char *cwd, is_path_delim delim);
+-char * sys_filename_suffix(const char *fn);
++const char * sys_filename_suffix(const char *fn);
+ int sys_tmpfile_fd();
+
+ /* system-dependent (implementation in $MYSYSTEM/ *.cc) */
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