#1111952 goffice: fails to build from source on ppc64

Package:
src:goffice
Source:
src:goffice
Submitter:
Jeroen Diederen
Date:
2025-08-25 15:45:01 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1111952#5
Date:
2025-08-24 09:12:18 UTC
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override_dh_auto_test:
	## https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=748504
ifeq ($(DEB_BUILD_ARCH),$(filter $(DEB_BUILD_ARCH),powerpc ppc64el ppc64))
	@echo "======== will not abort on test(s) failure ========"
	-dh_auto_test
else
	dh_auto_test
endif

---

The source is then built successfully on ppc64.

The binary libgoffice-0.10-dev from this source is important for the build of gnumeric which couldn't be built on ppc64 for a very long time.

Please fix.

Regards,
Jeroen Diederen
#1111952#10
Date:
2025-08-24 10:47:59 UTC
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Hello Jeroen,

Disabling the testsuite isn't really a fix, just a workaround which can cause
the package to cause crashes on the end user system. A proper fix would be
investigating and fixing why the testsuite is failing.

Adrian
#1111952#15
Date:
2025-08-24 11:41:30 UTC
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It is the same fix as applied for many years in ppc64le. This is a
release arch.
ttps://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=748504

John Paul Adrian Glaubitz schreef op 2025-08-24 17:47:
#1111952#20
Date:
2025-08-24 20:12:34 UTC
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I think the issue causing the test failure is likely to be related to the nonstandard long doubles used on powerpc processors.

See this MIPS report for a similar issue. Disabling long doubles on platforms with nonstandard implementations was suggested.

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/goffice/-/issues/59
#1111952#25
Date:
2025-08-25 13:31:05 UTC
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Hello,

Thanks for sharing the link.

I am having access to ppc64el system. I have checked building the
goffice package, but as mentioned earlier some test cases are failing.

I will take look into this issue by applying above suggested solution on
ppc64el arch.

Thanks and Regards,
Trupti.
#1111952#30
Date:
2025-08-25 14:08:39 UTC
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Hello Trupti,

Please apply the workaround for all PowerPC-based targets to avoid extra work.

Thanks,
Adrian
#1111952#35
Date:
2025-08-25 15:44:06 UTC
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Okay, sure Adrian.

Thanks,
Trupti