jpeg-turbo 6.2 and ppc G3

[Riccardo Mottola <riccardo.mottola@libero.it>]

Hi,

any of you still running G3 or anyway a non-altivec computer?

I noticed that using GS applications (compiled from source, not debian 
packages) I am unable to open JPEG files, I get an Illegal instruction.

(gdb) bt
#0  0x0d243b68 in ?? () from /usr/lib/powerpc-linux-gnu/libjpeg.so.62
#1  0x0d243b40 in ?? () from /usr/lib/powerpc-linux-gnu/libjpeg.so.62
#2  0x0d23a3c4 in ?? () from /usr/lib/powerpc-linux-gnu/libjpeg.so.62
#3  0x0d21c550 in ?? () from /usr/lib/powerpc-linux-gnu/libjpeg.so.62
#4  0x0d2220a0 in ?? () from /usr/lib/powerpc-linux-gnu/libjpeg.so.62
#5  0x0d21a6bc in jpeg_read_scanlines () from 
/usr/lib/powerpc-linux-gnu/libjpeg.so.62
#6  0x0fbbae30 in -[NSBitmapImageRep(JPEGReading) 
_initBitmapFromJPEG:errorMessage:] (self=0x1040fe78, _cmd=<optimized out>,
    imageData=0x1028e678, errorMsg=0x0) at NSBitmapImageRep+JPEG.m:462
#7  0x0fbb3cfc in +[NSBitmapImageRep imageRepsWithData:] 
(self=<optimized out>, _cmd=<optimized out>, imageData=0x1028e678)
    at NSBitmapImageRep.m:223

The GS code is quite well tested on many platforms and hasn't chaged 
recently, so I want to be reassured that jpegturbo works also on PPC 
without altivec or anyway works.

I what test program could I use? I noticed that e.g. Firefox (which 
works) is not linked against it.

Riccardo