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[PATCH] gnu: libcbor: Fix cross-compiling to 32-bit architecture

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Message #10 received at 74830-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Christoph Buck <dev <at> icepic.de>
Cc: Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>, paren <at> disroot.org,
 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>, jgart <jgart <at> dismail.de>,
 Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe <at> gnu.org>, Christopher Baines <guix <at> cbaines.net>,
 74830-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#74830] [PATCH] gnu: libcbor: Fix cross-compiling to 32-bit
 architecture
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2024 23:54:29 +0100

Christoph Buck <dev <at> icepic.de> skribis:

> * gnu/packages/compression.scm (libcbor)[arguments]: Disable examples because
> they don't build during cross-compilation. The callback definition
> `find_string` in examples/streaming_parser.c uses `size_t` as type for
> argument `len` which is 4 bytes on a 32bit platform. However, the callback
> handler of type `cbor_callbacks.string` to which `find_string` is assigned
> expects an `uint64_t`. Since the examples are not required this patch will
> disable them from the build.
>
> Change-Id: I596a62a9d0ab936179c8344e91ecc2cb0419316f

Applied, thanks.  I took the liberty to add some of the explanation as a
comment, to make it easier to find.

Ludo’.

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