Bug 589148

Summary:	dev-util/perf-4.4.4: fails to build on PowerPC
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Marcus Comstedt <marcus>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	PPC Porters <ppc>
Status:	RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Severity:	normal	CC:	dlan, jstein
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	PPC
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	build.log (ppc)

Description Marcus Comstedt 2016-07-19 12:15:20 UTC

The unpack function of the ebuild for dev-util/perf-4.4.4 does a partial unpack of the kernel source tree.  Among the subtrees it does _not_ unpack is "arch/*/include".  This makes the build fail on PowerPC as it attempts to include a file from there:

util/../perf-sys.h:40:56: fatal error: ../../arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h: No such file or directory

So the ebuild needs to be fixed to unpack "arch/*/include" in addition to "arch/*/lib", just like the ebuild 4.1.5-r1 did.  I have verified that this change allows the build to complete normally.

Comment 1 Rees Machtemes 2017-11-30 20:07:53 UTC

Wow, reported by Marcus Comstedt of DC programming fame? Cool!

I have successfully merged dev-util/perf-4.9.13 on powerpc. I recommend this bug be closed and not fixed, as 4.4.4, unless there is a specific need for the older version.

Comment 2 ernsteiswuerfel archtester

2020-05-13 19:28:09 UTC

Created attachment 638658 [details]
build.log (ppc)

dev-util/perf-5.6.4 just builds fine on ppc. Guess this can be closed.

Comment 3 Sam James archtester

2020-05-14 06:18:50 UTC

(In reply to ernsteiswuerfel from comment #2)
> Created attachment 638658 [details]
> build.log (ppc)
> 
> dev-util/perf-5.6.4 just builds fine on ppc. Guess this can be closed.

Thank you! Closing as OBSOLETE.