Bug#251149: Bug #251149: gcc wrapper for sparc is chronically broken
On 05/24/05 02:29:16PM -0400, Ben Collins wrote:
> On Tue, May 24, 2005 at 01:32:54AM -0400, Jim Crilly wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Make the login environment be sparc32 by default. Doesn't that
> > > > solve the problem? And for die-hard 64-bit people like me they
> > > > can undo this via some configuration mechanism.
> > > >
> > > > It is one option.
> > >
> > > That's probably too ugly for some ppl. Then we'll have to answer the
> > > question of "why does my sparc64 uname report sparc?".
> > >
> >
> > I would be willing to bet that most people will never look and those that
> > do will be competent enough to change whatever option is added to default
> > them back to a 64-bit shell, as long as it's documented well.
>
> And what about building kernels? They will by default be building sparc32
> kernels. That's the most likely place for this to be a problem.
True, but building kernels on sparc64 wasn't terribly fun for me the last
time I tried it either so I decided it wasn't worth it and just stuck with
the Debian kernel images.
I also would assume that Debian would only want to officially support building
kernels with make-kpkg, so maybe some workarounds can be done in there?
Jim.
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