Bug#832468: bgpdump: FTBFS on s390x, ppc64, sparc64
tags 832468 help thanks Christoph Biedl wrote... > The bgpdump fails to build on big-endian archs where > > sizeof(time_t) == sizeof(long) == sizeof(void *) == 8 There's a fix in my queue but I want to test it before upload. If anybody can grant me access to a box with any of the above architectures, please drop me a line. Else I'll have no choice but to drop s390x from the list of architectures this package is built for. Christoph signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#832468: bgpdump: FTBFS on s390x, ppc64, sparc64
Package: bgpdump Version: 1.4.99.15+hg127-2 Severity: important The bgpdump fails to build on big-endian archs where sizeof(time_t) == sizeof(long) == sizeof(void *) == 8 Reason is the loader for 32 bit timestamps in bgpdump_lib.c:144 that stuffs the data into the first bytes (but is endianness aware). For LE this works as long as the remaining bytes are zero. For BE this creates insanely huge time values where "It may return NULL when the year does not fit into an integer" (gmtime manpage) applies. Things go downhill from there. Christoph signature.asc Description: Digital signature
