Bug#644338: libffi: Build errors on PowerPC e500, test-suite failures on PowerPC soft-float

[Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>]

please forward this upstream.

On 10/05/2011 12:12 AM, Kyle Moffett wrote:
> Package: libffi
> Severity: normal
> Tags: patch upstream
> User: debian-powerpcspe@breakpoint.cc
> Usertags: powerpcspe
> 
> The Debian-Ports "powerpcspe" architecture can't currently build the
> libffi package for a couple reasons:
> 
>   (1) The package contains lots of FP assembly instructions even when
>       built on a soft-float target, resulting in compile errors on the
>       Debian powerpcspe architecture (totally different FPU ops).
> 
>   (2) The existing soft-float support code has buggy handling of 128-bit
>       values and results in testsuite failures on soft-float and e500
>       (powerpcspe) platforms even when it can be made to compile.
> 
> The attached patch resolves both issues.
> 
> Cheers,
> Kyle Moffett