Bug#342704: ocaml: FTBFS on hppa: "Error: Field out of range [-262144..262143] (-267528)."

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Fri, Dec 09, 2005 at 05:27:46PM +0100, Julien Cristau wrote:
> Package: ocaml
> Version: 3.09.0-3
> Severity: serious
> Justification: no longer builds from source
> 
> ocaml FTBFS on hppa with the following error (from the build log):
> ../../ocamlcompopt.sh -warn-error Ay -I ../camlp4 -I ../boot -c -impl pa_o_fast.ppo
> [...]
> /tmp/camlasm6f9a2e.s: Assembler messages:
> /tmp/camlasm6f9a2e.s:97621: Error: Field out of range [-262144..262143]
> (-267528).
> Assembler error, input left in file /tmp/camlasm6f9a2e.s
> make[3]: *** [pa_o_fast.cmx] Error 2
> 
> Full build log at
> http://buildd.debian.org/fetch.php?&pkg=ocaml&ver=3.09.0-3&arch=hppa&stamp=1134140171&file=log&as=raw
> 
> 3.09.0-1 built fine, so this might be yet another toolchain problem :(

Could this be related to the problem some package had with regard to hppa ? I
don't remember the package out of hand now, but a fixed upload was done a few
days ago. Not sure if it was a workaround or just a quick hack though.

Friendly,

Sven Luther