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[Impact]

libguestfs doesn't build on s390x architecture

* Pending SRU (xenial)
libguestfs s390x: Failed to build
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libguestfs/1:1.32.2-4ubuntu2.1/+build/16379018

* Build log
...
checking for qemu-system-s390x... no
configure: error: qemu must be installed
...

[Test Case]

* Build libguestfs for s390x in Launchpad (PPA)

[Regression Potential]

None, the package doesn't build. The fix is already in other releases.
The package will no longer relies on qemu-system-misc in favor of qemu-system-s390x now.

[Other informations]

* git-ubuntu (libguestfs)
commit 3928bd5f1458d199cd93e415c9a8081d28048500)

* debdiff

The following should help the build for that particular FTBFS situation
(if no other build problem found after)

diff -Nru libguestfs-1.32.2/debian/control libguestfs-1.32.2/debian/control
--- libguestfs-1.32.2/debian/control	2016-03-13 16:04:12.000000000 +0000
+++ libguestfs-1.32.2/debian/control	2019-02-15 14:24:56.000000000 +0000
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   gperf, libxml2-utils,
   qemu-system-arm [armel armhf arm64],
   qemu-system-mips [mips mipsel mips64 mips64el],
 - qemu-system-misc [s390x],
 + qemu-system-s390x [s390x],
   qemu-system-ppc [powerpc ppc64 ppc64el],
   qemu-system-aarch64 [arm64],
   qemu-system-sparc [sparc],
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
   supermin (>= 5),
   qemu-system-arm [armel armhf arm64],
   qemu-system-mips [mips mipsel mips64 mips64el],
 - qemu-system-misc [s390x],
 + qemu-system-s390x [s390x],
   qemu-system-aarch64 [arm64],
   qemu-system-ppc [powerpc pc64 ppc64el],
   qemu-system-sparc [sparc],

** Affects: libguestfs (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Fix Released

** Affects: libguestfs (Ubuntu Xenial)
     Importance: Medium
     Assignee: Ioanna Alifieraki (joalif)
         Status: In Progress


** Tags: sts
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FTBFS on s390x on xenial
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1816388
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