Bug#644338: libffi: Build errors on PowerPC e500, test-suite failures on PowerPC soft-float
On Oct 12, 2011, at 12:26, Matthias Klose wrote:
> 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.
>
> and ftbfs on powerpc:
> https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=libffi&arch=powerpc&ver=3.0.10-2&stamp=1318082452
Ahh, damn, Ok. New patch coming shortly, sorry about that.
I'll see if I can use one of the IBM Power servers around here to test and
debug on too.
Cheers,
Kyle Moffett
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