Package: src:elmerfem
Version: 5.5.0.svn.4716.dfsg-3
Severity: important
X-Debbugs-CC: debian-arm@lists.debian.org
Hi,
Elmer (source elmerfem) is FTBFS on armel because qreal is defined as
float, and the upstream authors have been a bit sloppy about using
doubles when Qt wants a qreal. Unfortunately, the use of #define
instead of typedef for qreal has enabled this bad behavior.
I'm trying to switch the code base over to qreal, but am running into a
fundamental problem. Consider in ElmerGUI/Application/src/glwidget.cpp:
void GLWidget::getMatrix()
{
glGetDoublev(GL_MODELVIEW_MATRIX, matrix);
helpers->invertMatrix(matrix, invmatrix);
}
On the other hand, in helpers.cpp (same directory):
void Helpers::invertMatrix(const qreal *a, qreal *inva)
{
QMatrix4x4 matrix(a);
bool ok(true);
QMatrix4x4 inverse(matrix.transposed().inverted(&ok));
if(!ok) fprintf(stderr, "Error: Singular 4x4 matrix\n");
for(int i = 0; i < 16; ++i)
inva[i] = double(inverse.data()[i]);
}
Originally the arguments to invertMatrix were doubles, and I changed
them to qreals for compatibility with QMatrix4x4. But when I do that,
then it becomes incompatible with glGetDoublev() which, as its name
implies, "returns" (or rather, fills) a 4x4 matrix of doubles. This is
one of several similar issues.
I assume that because Qt and OpenGL are commonly used together, that
this is a common frustration of ARM porters. As a community of such
people, do you have any tips or recommendations for someone trying like
myself to make such a package build on your platform?
Thanks,
Adam
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