Re: xfsprogs fails to build on debian ppc64el

[Fernando Seiti Furusato <ferseiti@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

That error is common when configure is generated using out-of-date config.guess
and config.sub.
The ones that come with the package are, in fact, old.

This package used to run dh_autotools-dev_updateconfig and
dh_autotools-dev_restoreconfig, which worked because it only updates those
files.

They were replaced by dh_autoreconf and dh_autoreconf_clean, which should
update them, but does not run flawlessly.
I think something is wrong with the m4 macros but I am not sure what.
There are errors when running dh_autoreconf alone.

# dh_autoreconf
libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR, `.'.
libtoolize: copying file `./ltmain.sh'
libtoolize: putting macros in AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR, `m4'.
libtoolize: copying file `m4/libtool.m4'
libtoolize: copying file `m4/ltoptions.m4'
libtoolize: copying file `m4/ltsugar.m4'
libtoolize: copying file `m4/ltversion.m4'
libtoolize: copying file `m4/lt~obsolete.m4'
libtoolize: Consider adding `-I m4' to ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS in Makefile.am.
autoheader: warning: missing template: HAVE_UMODE_T
autoheader: Use AC_DEFINE([HAVE_UMODE_T], [], [Description])
autoheader: warning: missing template: HAVE___PSINT_T
autoheader: warning: missing template: HAVE___PSUNSIGNED_T
autoheader: warning: missing template: HAVE___U32
autoreconf: /usr/bin/autoheader failed with exit status: 1
dh_autoreconf: autoreconf -f -i returned exit code 1

I will keep working on it, but all I will be able to do if I get to a conclusion
is send a patch here.
Thus it will have to be dealt with by the maintainers anyway.

Regards.
-- 

Fernando Seiti Furusato
IBM Linux Technology Center

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