Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add hdf4

[Thomas Danckaert]

From: Andreas Enge <address@hidden>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add hdf4
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2016 10:11:45 +0200

> Hello,
>
> the packages fail to compile on arm and mips:
>    http://hydra.gnu.org/eval/109281#tabs-new
>    http://hydra.gnu.org/build/1521682

Hi,

as far as I understand, the header hdfi.h defines fixed width 
datatypes such as float64, uint8, int32, ... depending on the 
detected architecture, and it's not detecting mips and arm properly.

I've checked, and see that Debian has a number patches for this and 
related issues, but I'm a bit out of my depth here (and don't have 
arm or mips systems to test before submitting any patches).  What are 
the options?  It would take me quite a bit of time to understand the 
Debian patches and see what we need.

Ideally, HDF4 maintainers would fix this in a future release.  I can 
try to contact them.

cheers,

Thomas