FTBFS on ppc64el: termios problems

[Tiago Stürmer Daitx]

Note: on yakkety-proposed the build FTBFS first due to bug 1619289, after that is fixed then we get this issue.

As reported in debian bug #810907 by Fernando Seiti:

The package repsnapper fails to build from source on ppc64el with the
following errors:

  src/printer/custom_baud.cpp: In function 'bool set_custom_baudrate(int, int)':
  src/printer/custom_baud.cpp:15:19: error: aggregate 'set_custom_baudrate(int, int)::termios2 options' has incomplete type and cannot be defined
     struct termios2 options;
                   ^
  src/printer/custom_baud.cpp:17:26: error: 'TCGETS2' was not declared in this scope
     if ( ioctl( device_fd, TCGETS2, &options ) < 0 ) {
                          ^
  src/printer/custom_baud.cpp:27:26: error: 'TCSETS2' was not declared in this scope
     if ( ioctl( device_fd, TCSETS2, &options ) < 0 ) {

That is probably because, although the type and macros in the errors are
defined within termios.h from asm-generic, that header is not included within
arch specific headers (eg asm/termbits.h) for ppc64el.

It is possible to force usage of those, but I am not sure that is the proper
approach to fix this (aka I don't know if it will work).
There is a patch attached that allows it to build.

I tested the patch on ppc64el and x86_64

Thanks and regards.

Fernando

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

The attachment "ppc64el-asm-generic.patch" seems to be a patch. If it isn't, please remove the "patch" flag from the attachment, remove the "patch" tag, and if you are a member of the ~ubuntu-reviewers, unsubscribe the team.

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[Tiago Stürmer Daitx (tdaitx)]

Opened bug #1619446 due to mismatching headers on linux-libc-dev between powerpc/ppc64el and the other archs.

[Tiago Stürmer Daitx (tdaitx)]

Improved patch that fixes issues and allows the build on all arches. Should be removed as soon as the linux-libc-dev bug #1619446 gets fixed.

[Tiago Stürmer Daitx (tdaitx)]

Debdiff with the current patch. Also includes the fix for bug #1619289.

[Daniel Holbach (dholbach)]

Looks like the bug was not closed automatically.