Bug 2340574

Summary: grib_api: FTBFS in Fedora rawhide/f42
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Fedora Release Engineering <releng>
Component: grib_apiAssignee: Orphan Owner <extras-orphan>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: rawhideCC: josdekloe, orion
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Description Fedora Release Engineering 2025-01-22 20:26:07 UTC 
grib_api failed to build from source in Fedora rawhide/f42

https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=127983258


For details on the mass rebuild see:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_42_Mass_Rebuild
Please fix grib_api at your earliest convenience and set the bug's status to
ASSIGNED when you start fixing it. If the bug remains in NEW state for 8 weeks,
grib_api will be orphaned. Before branching of Fedora 43,
grib_api will be retired, if it still fails to build.

For more details on the FTBFS policy, please visit:
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fesco/Fails_to_build_from_source_Fails_to_install/
Comment 1 Fedora Release Engineering 2025-01-22 20:26:10 UTC 
Created attachment 2070297 [details]
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Comment 2 Fedora Release Engineering 2025-01-22 20:26:11 UTC 
Created attachment 2070298 [details]
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Comment 3 Fedora Release Engineering 2025-01-22 20:26:13 UTC 
Created attachment 2070299 [details]
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Comment 4 Jos de Kloe 2025-01-24 08:16:23 UTC 
I think this package should be retired.

grib_api has now been unmaintained upstream for over 6 years. It is replaced by eccodes for those architectures that supports it.
Upstream writes on https://confluence.ecmwf.int/display/ECC/ecCodes+Home:

ecCodes is now the primary GRIB encoding/decoding package used at ECMWF. GRIB-API is no longer maintained (as of December 2018). Replacing GRIB-API with ecCodes is expected to be transparent for current GRIB-API users. In particular the "grib_" functions are included in the ecCodes library. Users are strongly advised to start the migration process.

See also: https://confluence.ecmwf.int/display/ECC/GRIB-API+migration

Unfortunately eccodes does not support the i686, ppc64, and armv7hl architectures. If users would need this I recommend them to file a request at ECMWF to implement this for eccodes.
Comment 5 Fedora Admin user for bugzilla script actions 2025-01-24 13:54:03 UTC 
This package has changed maintainer in Fedora. Reassigning to the new maintainer of this component.
Comment 6 Orion Poplawski 2025-02-15 22:49:01 UTC 
I agree.  The only dep that I found was gdl, and I doubt anyone will miss grib support on s390x.  I'll retire after I've built the gdl version that drops grib support on s390x.
Comment 7 Orion Poplawski 2025-02-17 01:14:19 UTC 
Retired