postler version 0.1.1-1 failed to build on armel

[Ricardo Salveti]

postler version 0.1.1-1 failed to build on armel
Link to failed build: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/postler/0.1.1-1/+build/2495393

Direct link to the build log: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/postler/0.1.1-1/+build/2495393/+files/buildlog_ubuntu-oneiric-armel.postler_0.1.1-1_FAILEDTOBUILD.txt.gz

This log snippet might be of interest, since it triggered the matcher 'Purging chroot-autobuild'.
Excerpt 1154 lines into the build log:

Checking for header locale.h : yes
Checking for gio-2.0 >= 2.26.0 : yes
Checking for unique-1.0 >= 0.9 : yes
Checking for gtk+-2.0 >= 2.18.0 : yes
Checking for webkit-1.0 >= 1.1.18 : yes
Checking for libnotify >= : yes
Checking for libcanberra >= : yes
Checking for indicate-0.5 >= : yes
Checking for header sys/filio.h : not found
Checking for function vasprintf : no
/build/buildd/postler-0.1.1/wscript:137: error: the configuration failed (see '/build/buildd/postler-0.1.1/_build_/config.log')
make[1]: *** [override_dh_auto_configure] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/build/buildd/postler-0.1.1'
make: *** [build] Error 2
dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules build gave error exit status 2
******************************************************************************
Build finished at 20110513-0440
FAILED [dpkg-buildpackage died]
Purging chroot-autobuild/build/buildd/postler-0.1.1

[Marcin Juszkiewicz (hrw)]

13:40 root@panda:porting-jam# LC_ALL=C apt-get build-dep postler
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 libwebkit-dev : Depends: libwebkitgtk-dev (>= 1.4.1) but it is not going to be installed
E: Build-dependencies for postler could not be satisfied.

[Marcin Juszkiewicz (hrw)]

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Checking for function vasprintf
==>
#define _GNU_SOURCE
#include <stdio.h>
int main(char** argv, int argc)
{ char* a;
vasprintf(&a, "%s", ""); return 0; }
<==
[1/2] cc: _build_/.conf_check_0/test.c -> _build_/.conf_check_0/testbuild/default/test_1.o
../test.c: In function ‘main’:
../test.c:5:1: error: incompatible type for argument 3 of ‘vasprintf’
/usr/include/bits/stdio2.h:196:1: note: expected ‘__gnuc_va_list’ but argument is of type ‘char *’
['/usr/bin/gcc', '-g', '-O2', '../test.c', '-c', '-o', 'default/test_1.o']
command returned 'Build failed: -> task failed (err #1): \n\t{task: cc test.c -> test_1.o}'no

test.c does not compile with gcc 4.4/4.5/4.6

[Marcin Juszkiewicz (hrw)]

int vasprintf(char **strp, const char *fmt, va_list ap);

va_list on arm is struct and 'void *' on x86 and powerpc. So proper fix it to change vasprintf() test.

[Loïc Minier (lool)]

va_list is a struct on other architectures than ARM; the stdarg(3) man page has details on how to manipulate va_lists; here the test should likely be changed to use a "va_list foo;" variable instead of an inline "".

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

fails with new libindicate, configuring with --disable-libindicate fails with:

./waf build
Waf: Entering directory `/home/packages/tmp/u/postler-0.1.1/_build_'
[ 1/44] valac: postler/dexter.vala postler/dockmanager.vala postler/elementary-entry.vala postler/postler-accounts.vala postler/postler-accountsetup.vala postler/postler-app.vala postler/postler-attachments.vala postler/postler-bureau.vala postler/postler-cellrenderertoggle.vala postler/postler-client.vala postler/postler-composer.vala postler/postler-content.vala postler/postler-flowbox.vala postler/postler-folders.vala postler/postler-messages.vala postler/postler-reader.vala postler/postler-recipiententry.vala postler/postler-scrolled.vala postler/postler-service.vala postler/postler-shortcuts.vala postler/postler-state.vala postler/postler-viewer.vala -> _build_/default/postler/dexter.c _build_/default/postler/dockmanager.c _build_/default/postler/elementary-entry.c _build_/default/postler/postler-accounts.c _build_/default/postler/postler-accountsetup.c _build_/default/postler/postler-app.c _build_/default/postler/postler-attachments.c _build_/default/postler/postler-bureau.c _build_/default/postler/postler-cellrenderertoggle.c _build_/default/postler/postler-client.c _build_/default/postler/postler-composer.c _build_/default/postler/postler-content.c _build_/default/postler/postler-flowbox.c _build_/default/postler/postler-folders.c _build_/default/postler/postler-messages.c _build_/default/postler/postler-reader.c _build_/default/postler/postler-recipiententry.c _build_/default/postler/postler-scrolled.c _build_/default/postler/postler-service.c _build_/default/postler/postler-shortcuts.c _build_/default/postler/postler-state.c _build_/default/postler/postler-viewer.c
../postler/postler-content.vala:445.13-445.36: error: 1 extra arguments for `GLib.TimeVal Soup.Date.to_timeval ()'
Waf: Leaving directory `/home/packages/tmp/u/postler-0.1.1/_build_'
Build failed: -> task failed (err #1):
        {task: valac_task dexter.vala,dockmanager.vala,elementary-entry.vala,postler-accounts.vala,postler-accountsetup.vala,postler-app.vala,postler-attachments.vala,postler-bureau.vala,postler-cellrenderertoggle.vala,postler-client.vala,postler-composer.vala,postler-content.vala,postler-flowbox.vala,postler-folders.vala,postler-messages.vala,postler-reader.vala,postler-recipiententry.vala,postler-scrolled.vala,postler-service.vala,postler-shortcuts.vala,postler-state.vala,postler-viewer.vala -> dexter.c,dockmanager.c,elementary-entry.c,postler-accounts.c,postler-accountsetup.c,postler-app.c,postler-attachments.c,postler-bureau.c,postler-cellrenderertoggle.c,postler-client.c,postler-composer.c,postler-content.c,postler-flowbox.c,postler-folders.c,postler-messages.c,postler-reader.c,postler-recipiententry.c,postler-scrolled.c,postler-service.c,postler-shortcuts.c,postler-state.c,postler-viewer.c}
make[1]: *** [override_dh_auto_build] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/packages/tmp/u/postler-0.1.1'
make: *** [build] Error 2
dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules build gave error exit status 2

[Stefan Handschuh (handschuh)]

Here is the fix for isync/util.c.

Additionally, you have to adjust the wscript as stated above but I cannot test the wscript change since I do not want to use waf.

[Stefan Handschuh (handschuh)]

Oh, sorry, forget this patch. This has been only needed for my local setup.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package postler - 0.1.1-1ubuntu2

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postler (0.1.1-1ubuntu2) precise; urgency=low

  * Add patch from Debian (Nobuhiro Iwamatsu) to fix arm* FTBFS
    (Closes: #646422, LP: #791319)
    - add debian/patches/fix-vasprintf-check.patch
    - update debian/patches/series
 -- Micah Gersten <email address hidden> Wed, 28 Dec 2011 03:27:27 -0600

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

Uploaded to oneiric-proposed

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Hello Ricardo, or anyone else affected,

Accepted postler into oneiric-proposed, the package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

[Ricardo Salveti (rsalveti)]

Package built successfully on ARM, marking as verification-done.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package postler - 0.1.1-1ubuntu1.1

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postler (0.1.1-1ubuntu1.1) oneiric-proposed; urgency=low

  * Add patch from Debian (Nobuhiro Iwamatsu) to fix armel FTBFS
    (Closes: #646422, LP: #791319)
    - add debian/patches/fix-vasprintf-check.patch
    - update debian/patches/series
 -- Micah Gersten <email address hidden> Wed, 28 Dec 2011 03:27:27 -0600