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Re: Package libnss3_3.60-1_ppc64.deb requires Power-7 hardware



Hello Carsten!

On 1/17/21 12:06 AM, Carsten Jacobi wrote:
> For all who still want to run Debian 64bit on a G5, the newest libnss3-Package
> breaks some prominent applications like firefox or thunderbird on that machine.
> 
> The reason is that in one makefile the compiler options "-mcrypto" and "-mvsx"
> were turned. Hence, there are Power-7 instructions now in libfreeblpriv3.so:

It's most likely related to this upstream change [1]. While the code was fixed to
not use POWER8 assembly code anymore [2], the fix forgot to adjust the Makefile
as well, see [3].

This bug should be reported upstream. I can do that tomorrow.

Adrian

> [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1613238
> [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1642174
> [3] https://salsa.debian.org/mozilla-team/nss/-/blob/master/nss/lib/freebl/Makefile#L758

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