[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: Please test new SILO



Jurij Smakov wrote:
Hi,

One of the problems sparc32 is facing for etch is the build-dependency of silo on gcc-2.95. Currently gcc-2.95 has an RC bug, which causes its build failure; furthermore silo is the only package which still build-depends on gcc-2.95. So, there are plenty or reasons to try building silo with newer compilers.

It turned out that silo builds fine with gcc-4.1, it also works fine on sparc64. The problem is that it hangs/breaks on sparc32. Eventually, the problem was tracked down (thanks to Steve Langasek and Lars Wirzenius for advice), and an experimental new silo package is now available. I would appreciate if you could test this new package, to make sure that there are no regressions. As usual, when fiddling with silo, there is a rather big probability that you'll end up with an unbootable machine, so be prepared for it :-).

The binary package and a patch is available at

http://www.wooyd.org/debian/silo

Tested on sparc32 (SparcStation 4) and it works fine.

Aurelien


--
  .''`.  Aurelien Jarno	            | GPG: 1024D/F1BCDB73
 : :' :  Debian developer           | Electrical Engineer
 `. `'   aurel32@debian.org         | aurelien@aurel32.net
   `-    people.debian.org/~aurel32 | www.aurel32.net



Reply to: