After remembering about gdb's starti command to start debugging at the very first instruction, I think this is an upstream bug in the test and filed https://github.com/oriansj/mescc-tools/issues/47 and will upload a simple fix.
** Bug watch added: github.com/oriansj/mescc-tools/issues #47 https://github.com/oriansj/mescc-tools/issues/47 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2072472 Title: mescc-tools FTBFS on ppc64el To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mescc-tools/+bug/2072472/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs