fp-compiler not installable on powerpc since glibc 2.23

[Graham Inggs]

Since glibc was upgraded to 2.23, fp-compiler fails to install on powerpc with the following error:

Setting up fp-compiler-3.0.0 (3.0.0+dfsg-2) ...
An unhandled exception occurred at $0FE502D0:
EAccessViolation:
  $0FE502D0
  $0FE5E684
  $0FE152A8
  $0FE1537C

The access violation occurs when running 'fpcmkcfg-3.0.0' during fp-compiler's postinst.
Since fpc build-depends on fp-compiler, it is currently not possible to build a new version of fpc.

I was able to install 2.6.4+dfsg-8 from wily, and then tried building fpc 3.0.0+dfsg-4, but the build failed:

[ 99%] Compiled package zorba
An unhandled exception occurred at $0FE502D0:
EAccessViolation:
  $0FE502D0
  $0FE5E684
  $0FE152A8
  $0FE1537C

After downgrading libc6*, gcc* and locales, I was able to install fp-compiler 3.0.0+dfsg-2.

[Graham Inggs (ginggs)]

doublecmd has never built on powerpc (or any big-endian architecture)

I added the 'ftbfs' tag so that this bug number will appear on this page:
http://people.ubuntuwire.org/~wgrant/rebuild-ftbfs-test/test-rebuild-20160401-xenial.html

From the above page, it seems easymp3gain has other issues (it FTBFS everywhere)

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

Removing packages from yakkety:
 lazarus-ide-1.6 1.6+dfsg-1 in yakkety powerpc
 lazarus-ide-gtk2-1.6 1.6+dfsg-1 in yakkety powerpc
 lazarus-ide-qt4-1.6 1.6+dfsg-1 in yakkety powerpc
 lcl-1.6 1.6+dfsg-1 in yakkety powerpc
 lcl-gtk2-1.6 1.6+dfsg-1 in yakkety powerpc
 lcl-nogui-1.6 1.6+dfsg-1 in yakkety powerpc
 lcl-qt4-1.6 1.6+dfsg-1 in yakkety powerpc
 lcl-units-1.6 1.6+dfsg-1 in yakkety powerpc
 lcl-utils-1.6 1.6+dfsg-1 in yakkety powerpc
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[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

Removing packages from yakkety:
 easymp3gain-dbg 0.5.0+svn135-6 in yakkety powerpc
 easymp3gain-gtk 0.5.0+svn135-6 in yakkety powerpc
 easymp3gain-qt 0.5.0+svn135-6 in yakkety powerpc
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[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

no hedgewars binaries on powerpc in yakkety.

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

Removing packages from yakkety:
 ddrescueview 0.4~alpha2-1 in yakkety powerpc
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[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

Removing packages from yakkety:
 cqrlog 1.9.0-5 in yakkety powerpc
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[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

Removing packages from yakkety:
 fp-compiler 3.0.0+dfsg-2 in yakkety powerpc
 fp-compiler-3.0.0 3.0.0+dfsg-2 in yakkety powerpc
 fp-ide 3.0.0+dfsg-2 in yakkety powerpc
 fp-ide-3.0.0 3.0.0+dfsg-2 in yakkety powerpc
 fp-units-base 3.0.0+dfsg-2 in yakkety powerpc
 fp-units-base-3.0.0 3.0.0+dfsg-2 in yakkety powerpc
 fp-units-db 3.0.0+dfsg-2 in yakkety powerpc
 fp-units-db-3.0.0 3.0.0+dfsg-2 in yakkety powerpc
 fp-units-fcl 3.0.0+dfsg-2 in yakkety powerpc
 fp-units-fcl-3.0.0 3.0.0+dfsg-2 in yakkety powerpc
 fp-units-fv 3.0.0+dfsg-2 in yakkety powerpc
 fp-units-fv-3.0.0 3.0.0+dfsg-2 in yakkety powerpc
 fp-units-gfx 3.0.0+dfsg-2 in yakkety powerpc
 fp-units-gfx-3.0.0 3.0.0+dfsg-2 in yakkety powerpc
 fp-units-gtk2 3.0.0+dfsg-2 in yakkety powerpc
 fp-units-gtk2-3.0.0 3.0.0+dfsg-2 in yakkety powerpc
 fp-units-math 3.0.0+dfsg-2 in yakkety powerpc
 fp-units-math-3.0.0 3.0.0+dfsg-2 in yakkety powerpc
 fp-units-misc 3.0.0+dfsg-2 in yakkety powerpc
 fp-units-misc-3.0.0 3.0.0+dfsg-2 in yakkety powerpc
 fp-units-multimedia 3.0.0+dfsg-2 in yakkety powerpc
 fp-units-multimedia-3.0.0 3.0.0+dfsg-2 in yakkety powerpc
 fp-units-net 3.0.0+dfsg-2 in yakkety powerpc
 fp-units-net-3.0.0 3.0.0+dfsg-2 in yakkety powerpc
 fp-units-rtl 3.0.0+dfsg-2 in yakkety powerpc
 fp-units-rtl-3.0.0 3.0.0+dfsg-2 in yakkety powerpc
 fp-utils 3.0.0+dfsg-2 in yakkety powerpc
 fp-utils-3.0.0 3.0.0+dfsg-2 in yakkety powerpc
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