fails to build from source: ffmpeg on powerpc

[Matthias Klose]

Binary package hint: ffmpeg

fails to build on powerpc, apparently fixed in unstable, but not synced/merged.

gcc -DHAVE_AV_CONFIG_H -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -I. -I"/build/buildd/ffmpeg-0.5.1" -D_ISOC99_SOURCE -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=200112 -std=c99 -fomit-frame-pointer -pthread -I/usr/include/schroedinger-1.0 -I/usr/include/liboil-0.3 -g -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wall -Wno-switch -Wdisabled-optimization -Wpointer-arith -Wredundant-decls -Wno-pointer-sign -Wcast-qual -Wwrite-strings -Wtype-limits -Wundef -O3 -fno-math-errno -fno-signed-zeros -fPIC -DPIC -c -o libswscale/swscale.o /build/buildd/ffmpeg-0.5.1/libswscale/swscale.c
In file included from /build/buildd/ffmpeg-0.5.1/libswscale/swscale_template.c:70,
                 from /build/buildd/ffmpeg-0.5.1/libswscale/swscale.c:1002:
/build/buildd/ffmpeg-0.5.1/libswscale/swscale_altivec_template.c: In function 'altivec_packIntArrayToCharArray':
/build/buildd/ffmpeg-0.5.1/libswscale/swscale_altivec_template.c:29: error: 'vector' undeclared (first use in this function)
/build/buildd/ffmpeg-0.5.1/libswscale/swscale_altivec_template.c:29: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
/build/buildd/ffmpeg-0.5.1/libswscale/swscale_altivec_template.c:29: error: for each function it appears in.)
/build/buildd/ffmpeg-0.5.1/libswscale/swscale_altivec_template.c:29: error: expected ';' before 'unsigned'
/build/buildd/ffmpeg-0.5.1/libswscale/swscale_altivec_template.c:34: error: expected ';' before 'unsigned'
/build/buildd/ffmpeg-0.5.1/libswscale/swscale_altivec_template.c:35: error: expected ';' before 'signed'

[Reinhard Tartler (siretart)]

fixed in maverick

ffmpeg (4:0.6~svn20100505-1ubuntu1) maverick; urgency=low

  * merge from debian/experimental. remaining changes:
    - don't disable encoders
    - don't build against libfaad, libdirac and libopenjpeg (all in universe)

ffmpeg (4:0.6~svn20100505-1) experimental; urgency=low

  * update to new upstream. Closes: #569727
    - fixes various segfaults and other minor feature improvements
      Closes: #374931, #522449, #501891, #559712, #420231, #369127, #538082,
              #298095, #294422, #561553, #525385, #495274, #420230
      LP: #305286, #457106, #529200, #301723, #305315, #336479, #420230,
          #412063, #428912, #432181, #440591, #453732, #453732, #453732,
      #514259, #515243, #521472, #530186, #530186, #197842, #483317,
     #483317, #539407, #280098, #331255, #566107, #569823, #570305,
     #573190
  * Fixup lintian overrides for new upstream snapshot
  * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.4
  * Many upstream changes, see upstream Changelog for details
 -- Reinhard Tartler <email address hidden> Wed, 26 May 2010 00:01:17 +0200

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

lucid has seen the end of its life and is no longer receiving any updates. Marking the lucid task for this ticket as "Won't Fix".