scilab fails to launch on powerpc

[Dimitri John Ledkov]

On amd64:
$ scilab -nw -e 'quit;'
Scilab 5.5.0 (Apr 17 2014, 10:06:10)

On powerpc:
$ scilab -nw -e 'quit;'
Could not create a Scilab main class. Error:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
 at javax.media.opengl.GLProfile.<clinit>(GLProfile.java:83)
 at org.scilab.modules.gui.SwingView.<init>(Unknown Source)
 at org.scilab.modules.gui.SwingView.registerSwingView(Unknown Source)
 at org.scilab.modules.core.Scilab.<init>(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Incompatible MachineDescriptions:
 Static MachineDescriptionStatic: X86_32_UNIX(1): MachineDescription: runtimeValidated false, littleEndian true, 32Bit true, primitive size / alignment:
  int8 1 / 1, int16 2 / 2
  int 4 / 4, long 4 / 4
  int32 4 / 4, int64 8 / 4
  float 4 / 4, double 8 / 4, ldouble 12 / 4
  pointer 4 / 4, page 4096
 Runtime MachineDescription: runtimeValidated true, littleEndian false, 32Bit true, primitive size / alignment:
  int8 1 / 1, int16 2 / 2
  int 4 / 4, long 4 / 4
  int32 4 / 4, int64 8 / 8
  float 4 / 4, double 8 / 8, ldouble 16 / 16
  pointer 4 / 4, page 4096
 at com.jogamp.common.os.Platform.<clinit>(Platform.java:227)
 ... 4 more

Scilab cannot create Scilab Java Main-Class (we have not been able to find the main Scilab class. Check if the Scilab and thirdparty packages are available).

Not sure if the bug is in Scilab or in Openjdk.

[Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox)]

this is causing getfem++ FTBFS https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/getfem++/4.2.1~beta1~svn4482~dfsg-3/+build/5939307

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package getfem++ - 4.2.1~beta1~svn4482~dfsg-3ubuntu1

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getfem++ (4.2.1~beta1~svn4482~dfsg-3ubuntu1) utopic; urgency=medium

  * Disable scilab plugin on powerpc, as scilab fails to launch on powerpc
    (LP: #1314646)
 -- Dimitri John Ledkov <email address hidden> Thu, 01 May 2014 22:20:16 +0100

[Sylvestre Ledru (sylvestre)]

That is not a bug of Scilab but jogl2 or gluegen2.
It fails to detect the correct Endian for ppc 32.