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gcal package

FTBFS: gcal failed to build (new glibc)

Bug #236838 reported by Albert Damen on 2008-06-02

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	gcal (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gcal

gcal failed to build from source in intrepid, on most architectures:

rc-use.c:648: error: 'RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_EXTENDED' undeclared (first use in this function)
rc-use.c:648: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
rc-use.c:648: error: for each function it appears in.)
rc-use.c:648: error: 'RE_BACKSLASH_ESCAPE_IN_LISTS' undeclared (first use in this function)
rc-use.c:649: error: 'RE_DOT_NOT_NULL' undeclared (first use in this function)
rc-use.c:650: error: 'struct re_pattern_buffer' has no member named 'fastmap'
rc-use.c:651: error: 'struct re_pattern_buffer' has no member named 'translate'

These objects are defined in /usr/include/regex.h, but in glibc 2.8 only if __USE_GNU is defined.
__USE_GNU can be set from /usr/include/features.h by defining _GNU_SOURCE.

Related branches

lp:ubuntu/karmic/gcal

Albert Damen (albrt) on 2008-06-02

Changed in gcal:
assignee:	nobody → albrt
status:	New → In Progress

Revision history for this message

Albert Damen (albrt) wrote on 2008-06-02:

gcal.debdiff Edit (1.3 KiB, text/plain)

Please sponsor the attached debdiff. It adds -D_GNU_SOURCE to the CFLAGS to fix this ftbfs.
The package builds, installs and runs fine in an intrepid pbuilder.

Changed in gcal:
assignee:	albrt → nobody
status:	In Progress → Confirmed

Revision history for this message

Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2008-06-03:

This bug was fixed in the package gcal - 3.01.1-6ubuntu1

---------------
gcal (3.01.1-6ubuntu1) intrepid; urgency=low

  * debian/rules: add -D_GNU_SOURCE to CFLAGS to fix FTBFS with
    glibc 2.8 (LP: #236838)
  * Modify Maintainer value to match the DebianMaintainerField
    specification.

-- Albert Damen <email address hidden> Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:00:35 +0200