Re: [robert@plukwa.pdi.net: gmp2 debian (?) package]
On Fri, 5 Feb 1999, Robert Ramiega wrote:
It's gmp2's fault. I had the exact same problem, and did the same thing as
you so that I could at least have a working ssh. IMHO, it's probably some
old-style ppc assembly syntax that is rejected by gas.
> Hi!
> Originaly i've sent this message to ML about Linux PPC for PowerPC accel
> cards for Amiga. I'm using Amiga 1200 with BlizzardPPC 603e+ turbo card
> (PPC603e@160MHz)
> Thanks for any comments
>
> ----- Forwarded message from Robert Ramiega <robert@plukwa.pdi.net> -----
>
> Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 22:34:34 +0100
> From: Robert Ramiega <robert@plukwa.pdi.net>
> To: linux-apus@sunsite.auc.dk
> Subject: gmp2 debian (?) package
> X-Mailer: Mutt 0.94.12i
>
> Hi!
> So after hard fight i have my Amiga running Debian GNU/Linux =o))
> Now to the subject:
> In my work i need to have working ssh. ssh need gmp2 package (i believe it's
> the same on RH also). I'v got gmp2_2.0.2-6_powerpc.deb from Polish mirror
> (ftp.task.gda.pl). It installed ok. After that i tried to install
> ssh-1.2.26-1.2 (this one was dl'ed either from ftp.task.gda.pl or
> sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk). Install failed because of unresolved symbol in
> libgmp2.so.2 (this symbol was mpn_add_n). At first i blamed this to upgrade
> of libc6 but soon i realised that it's gmp2 fault. I downloaded binary
> package and tried to recompile. This also failed.
> The problem was syntax in asm files in gmp2-2.0.2/mpn/powerpc32. As i don;t
> know assembler i took C files from generic and i got working gmp2 package.
> I don't know if it is deb fault (badly created) or is this gmp2 fault (this
> might as well be some incomatibility in egcs/binutils) What i'm asking is
> this: could someone try installing gmp2 and ssh on RH and see if it works ?
> (if it's gmp2 it'll fail during generation of server ssh-key). Also someone
> else with Debian could try this?
> I don't have the time now to inspect gmp to see if it would behave any
> different on 604 (there is subdir gmp2-2.0.2/mpn/powerpc64 with quite
> different contents)
Konstantinos Margaritis
kmargar@cc.uoa.gr
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