iptables does not honour dpkg-buildflags (breaks arm64 build)

[Wookey]

iptables does not use dpkg-buildflags. Doing so is a good thing generally, and is currently necessary for arm64 cross-builds.

This simple patch fixes it. I don't know if there is any reason not to move forward from compat 7 to 9. It builds OK for me.

If the package maintainer would prefer not to then adding
DPKG_EXPORT_BUILDFLAGS=1 before the
-include /usr/share/dpkg/buildflags.mk
 in debian/rules will fix the problem whilst staying at compat level 7.

This bug identically filed in debian.

[Wookey (wookey)]

Actually it's not filed in debian because sid has 1.4.16 which is already at compat level 9 and solves this issue. A merge would probably be a good plan.

And in fact that patch was excessive. All that is needed is to change the compat level. Updated patch attached.

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[Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox)]

@Wookey can you please add debian distribution - iptables bug task with the URL tracking the bug in Debian?

[Benjamin Drung (bdrung)]

Dmitrijs, why? It's fixed in Debian unstable and I didn't find a Debian bug in their changelog.

[Benjamin Drung (bdrung)]

Whooky, I changed your changelog entry to:

iptables (1.4.12-2ubuntu4) raring; urgency=low

  * Make package honour dpkg-buildflags (fixes arm64 build) (LP: #1081592)

 -- Wookey <wookey@e102475-lin> Wed, 21 Nov 2012 12:50:11 +0000

Your email address is incorrect and I do not know to which I should correct it.

[Benjamin Drung (bdrung)]

Wookey, sorry for misspelling your name. I should probably go to bed. I am going to unsubscribe ubuntu-sponsors. Please resubscribe after stating your preferred email address or adding a new debdiff.

[Benjamin Drung (bdrung)]

Doing a merge from Debian would be even better. ;)

[Wookey (wookey)]

+++ Benjamin Drung [2012-12-07 23:15 -0000]:
> Wookey, sorry for misspelling your name. I should probably go to bed. I
> am going to unsubscribe ubuntu-sponsors. Please resubscribe after
> stating your preferred email address or adding a new debdiff.

This is my preferred email address. I don't understand why you want to
know WRT this bug?

A new debdiff against what?

Ubuntu can either update to current debian unstable version or apply the
compat level 9 fix I suggested. I don't know what else to write/say/do.

Wookey
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[Benjamin Drung (bdrung)]

You had 'wookey@e102475-lin' as email address in your provided debdiff. That's why I wanted to know which email address should be used for your changelog stanza.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package iptables - 1.4.12-2ubuntu4

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iptables (1.4.12-2ubuntu4) raring; urgency=low

  * Make package honour dpkg-buildflags (fixes arm64 build) (LP: #1081592)
 -- Wookey <email address hidden> Sat, 08 Dec 2012 10:52:13 +0100