[Pkg-db-devel] Bug#600000: db4.5: FTBFS on mips: configure: error: No off_t type.

[Cyril Brulebois]

Source: db4.5
Version: 4.5.20-13.2
Severity: serious
Justification: FTBFS

Hi,

your package no longer builds on mips:
| checking sys/select.h usability... no
| configure: WARNING: sys/select.h: present but cannot be compiled
| checking sys/select.h presence... yes
| configure: WARNING: sys/select.h:     check for missing prerequisite headers?
| configure: WARNING: sys/select.h: see the Autoconf documentation
| configure: WARNING: sys/select.h:     section "Present But Cannot Be Compiled"
| configure: WARNING: sys/select.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result
| configure: WARNING: sys/select.h: in the future, the compiler will take precedence
| configure: WARNING:     ## ---------------------------------------------------------- ##
| configure: WARNING:     ## Report this to Oracle Technology Network Berkeley DB forum ##
| configure: WARNING:     ## ---------------------------------------------------------- ##
| checking for sys/select.h... yes
| checking sys/time.h usability... no
| configure: WARNING: sys/time.h: present but cannot be compiled
| checking sys/time.h presence... yes
| configure: WARNING: sys/time.h:     check for missing prerequisite headers?
| configure: WARNING: sys/time.h: see the Autoconf documentation
| configure: WARNING: sys/time.h:     section "Present But Cannot Be Compiled"
| configure: WARNING: sys/time.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result
| configure: WARNING: sys/time.h: in the future, the compiler will take precedence
| configure: WARNING:     ## ---------------------------------------------------------- ##
| configure: WARNING:     ## Report this to Oracle Technology Network Berkeley DB forum ##
| configure: WARNING:     ## ---------------------------------------------------------- ##
| checking for sys/time.h... yes
| checking sys/fcntl.h usability... no
| configure: WARNING: sys/fcntl.h: present but cannot be compiled
| checking sys/fcntl.h presence... yes
| configure: WARNING: sys/fcntl.h:     check for missing prerequisite headers?
| configure: WARNING: sys/fcntl.h: see the Autoconf documentation
| configure: WARNING: sys/fcntl.h:     section "Present But Cannot Be Compiled"
| configure: WARNING: sys/fcntl.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result
| configure: WARNING: sys/fcntl.h: in the future, the compiler will take precedence
| configure: WARNING:     ## ---------------------------------------------------------- ##
| configure: WARNING:     ## Report this to Oracle Technology Network Berkeley DB forum ##
| configure: WARNING:     ## ---------------------------------------------------------- ##
| checking for sys/fcntl.h... yes
| checking for struct stat.st_blksize... no
| checking for inttypes.h... (cached) yes
| checking for stdint.h... (cached) yes
| checking stddef.h usability... no
| checking stddef.h presence... yes
| configure: WARNING: stddef.h: present but cannot be compiled
| configure: WARNING: stddef.h:     check for missing prerequisite headers?
| configure: WARNING: stddef.h: see the Autoconf documentation
| configure: WARNING: stddef.h:     section "Present But Cannot Be Compiled"
| configure: WARNING: stddef.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result
| configure: WARNING: stddef.h: in the future, the compiler will take precedence
| configure: WARNING:     ## ---------------------------------------------------------- ##
| configure: WARNING:     ## Report this to Oracle Technology Network Berkeley DB forum ##
| configure: WARNING:     ## ---------------------------------------------------------- ##
| checking for stddef.h... yes
| checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes
| configure: error: No off_t type.
| checking for off_t... no
| make: *** [build] Error 1

Full build logs:
  https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=db4.5

Mraw,
KiBi.