Bug#838208: libiodbc2 FTCBFS: uses build architecture pkg-config

["Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo" <manuel.montezelo@gmail.com>]

Control: tags -1 + pending


Hi,

2017-11-01 00:09 Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo:
> Hi,
>
> 2016-09-18 15:22 Helmut Grohne:
> > Source: libiodbc2
> > Version: 3.52.9-2
> > Tags: patch
> > User: helmutg@debian.org
> > Usertags: rebootstrap
> >
> > libiodbc2 fails to cross build from source, because it uses the build
> > architecture pkg-config. Thus it fails finding gtk and that results in
> > missing files. It seems that ./admin/gtk-2.0.m4 has its own code for
> > discovering which $PKG_CONFIG to use rather than using a standard
> > autoconf macro. Thus it does not default to use the triplet-prefixed
> > pkg-config and does not consider the PKG_CONFIG environment variable
> > either. The attached patch forces the right pkg-config via the
> > corresponding cache variable. Please consider applying the patch or
> > fixing the .m4 file to use standard (working) checks.
>
> Do you have any plans to upload a new version of the package, and if so,
> what do you think of this fix?
>
> Are you OK with the fix and would it help if we offer to NMU, to move
> this forward?

Uploaded to delayed/10, please tell me if you would like me to to cancel
the NMU; or if it's OK, if I can re-schedule it to happen sooner.

.debdiff attached, it's basically what Helmut already sent as patch.


Cheers.
--
Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo <manuel.montezelo@gmail.com>

diff -Nru libiodbc2-3.52.9/debian/changelog libiodbc2-3.52.9/debian/changelog
--- libiodbc2-3.52.9/debian/changelog	2014-05-29 13:06:37.000000000 +0200
+++ libiodbc2-3.52.9/debian/changelog	2017-12-12 22:31:37.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+libiodbc2 (3.52.9-2.1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Non-maintainer upload.
+
+  [ Helmut Grohne ]
+  * Fix FTCBFS: Force using triplet-prefixed pkg-config. (Closes: #838208)
+
+ -- Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo <mafm@debian.org>  Tue, 12 Dec 2017 22:31:37 +0100
+
 libiodbc2 (3.52.9-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Set SYSTEM_DIR to the odbc multiarch path. (Closes: #749427)
diff -Nru libiodbc2-3.52.9/debian/rules libiodbc2-3.52.9/debian/rules
--- libiodbc2-3.52.9/debian/rules	2014-05-29 13:06:37.000000000 +0200
+++ libiodbc2-3.52.9/debian/rules	2017-12-12 22:30:26.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
 
-DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH ?= $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)
+include /usr/share/dpkg/architecture.mk
 
 export DEB_CFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND = -DSYSTEM_DIR=\"/usr/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)/odbc\"
+export ac_cv_path_PKG_CONFIG=$(DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE)-pkg-config
 
 %:
 	dh $@ --parallel --with autoreconf,pkgkde_symbolshelper