M gnu/local.mk => gnu/local.mk +1 -0
@@ 745,6 745,7 @@ dist_patch_DATA = \
%D%/packages/patches/pinball-system-ltdl.patch \
%D%/packages/patches/pingus-sdl-libs-config.patch \
%D%/packages/patches/plink-1.07-unclobber-i.patch \
+ %D%/packages/patches/plink-endian-detection.patch \
%D%/packages/patches/plotutils-libpng-jmpbuf.patch \
%D%/packages/patches/polkit-drop-test.patch \
%D%/packages/patches/portaudio-audacity-compat.patch \
M gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm => gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm +2 -1
@@ 4279,7 4279,8 @@ accessed/downloaded on demand across HTTP.")
version "-src.zip"))
(sha256
(base32 "0as8gxm4pjyc8dxmm1sl873rrd7wn5qs0l29nqfnl31x8i467xaa"))
- (patches (search-patches "plink-1.07-unclobber-i.patch"))))
+ (patches (search-patches "plink-1.07-unclobber-i.patch"
+ "plink-endian-detection.patch"))))
(build-system gnu-build-system)
(arguments
'(#:tests? #f ;no "check" target
A gnu/packages/patches/plink-endian-detection.patch => gnu/packages/patches/plink-endian-detection.patch +30 -0
@@ 0,0 1,30 @@
+This patch is borrowed from Debian's patches for plink
+
+Author: Peter Green <plugwash@p10link.net>
+Puropose: Fallback to endian.h if all else fails on 64bit machines
+Closes: #528659
+Forwarded: Shaun Purcell <plink@chgr.mgh.harvard.edu>
+License: same as plink itself.
+===================================================================
+--- plink-1.06.orig/Rsrv.h 2009-05-15 03:35:29.000000000 +0100
++++ plink-1.06/Rsrv.h 2009-05-15 03:35:41.000000000 +0100
+@@ -313,7 +313,18 @@
+ #define __BIG_ENDIAN__ 1
+ #define SWAPEND 1
+ #elif ! defined Win32 /* Windows is little-endian is most cases, anywhere else we're stuck */
+-#error "Cannot determine endianness. Make sure config.h is included or __{BIG|LITTLE}_ENDIAN__ is defined ."
++ //try endian.h before we finally bail out
++ #include <endian.h>
++ #if __BYTE_ORDER == __LITTLE_ENDIAN
++ #warning using little endian based on information from endian.h
++ #define __LITTLE_ENDIAN__ 1
++ #elif __BYTE_ORDER == __BIG_ENDIAN
++ #warning using big endian based on information from endian.h
++ #define __BIG_ENDIAN__ 1
++ #define SWAPEND 1
++ #else
++ #error "Cannot determine endianness. Make sure config.h is included or __{BIG|LITTLE}_ENDIAN__ is defined ."
++ #endif
+ #endif
+
+ /* FIXME: all the mess below needs more efficient implementation - the current one is so messy to work around alignment problems on some platforms like Sun and HP 9000 */