Bug#609734: db4.7: FTBFS on mips: configure: error: No unsigned 1-byte integral type

[Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>]

Source: db4.7
Version: 4.7.25-11
Severity: serious
Justification: FTBFS

Hi,

your package no longer builds on mips:
| […]
| checking for char... no
| checking size of char... 0
| checking for unsigned char... no
| checking size of unsigned char... 0
| checking for short... no
| checking size of short... 0
| checking for unsigned short... no
| checking size of unsigned short... 0
| checking for int... no
| checking size of int... 0
| checking for unsigned int... no
| checking size of unsigned int... 0
| checking for long... no
| checking size of long... 0
| checking for unsigned long... no
| checking size of unsigned long... 0
| checking for long long... no
| checking size of long long... 0
| checking for unsigned long long... no
| checking size of unsigned long long... 0
| checking for char *... no
| checking size of char *... 0
| checking for u_char... no
| checking for u_short... no
| checking for u_int... no
| checking for u_long... no
| configure: error: No unsigned 1-byte integral type
| checking for u_int8_t... no
| make: *** [build] Error 1

Looks like a horribly broken configure script?

Full build logs:
  https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=db4.7

KiBi.