Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:51:24 +0100 From: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> To: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports lang/gcc4x fail to build on ia64 Message-ID: <20090817145124.GA89493@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <20090817143602.GB2365@lonesome.com> References: <20090817135752.GA73485@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20090817143602.GB2365@lonesome.com>
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On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 09:36:02AM -0500, Mark Linimon wrote: > On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 02:57:52PM +0100, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > > Ports lang/gcc43, 44 and 45 fail to build on 8.0-beta2 ia64: > > http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=40959 > > > > I know they build fine on 6.4-stable alpha, but what about sparc64? > > amd64? mips? > > You can check things like this using the Ports Monitoring tool: > http://portsmon.freebsd.org/portoverview.py?category=lang&portname=gcc4&wildcard=yes > > According to that, for 8.0: > > - gcc4* are set to "not for ia64". From a commit log for gcc43/Makefile: > > Add ia64 to NOT_FOR_ARCHS. This has been broken for ages, it is not clear > whether it is our kernel/userland, the hardware, or something else at fault > and nobody on our side nor upstream seems to have any interest. yes, I understand.. Unfortunately a FBSD system without gcc4x is of little use to me, because I need fortran OMP compiler, and many other ports which depend on gcc4x. I wonder if they work under ia64 linux? > amd64, i386, and sparc64. Although we have some ia64 machines, the last > time I tried to upgrade them I had trouble. We do not yet have any arm, I volunteer to build gcc4x ports on my rx2600 SMP ia64 current. > mips, or powerpc machines. Our alphas have been deinstalled (sorry), > after the alpha src code had fallen too far behind the main 3 archs, and > no one was keeping it up. yes, I gave up on alpha because of this. > Unless a developer with specific interest in ia64 steps up to help, > you may be out of luck. Sorry. well.. unfortunately I've no relevant skills to offer, only testing. -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 928 8233 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423
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