[blarson@blars.org: Bug#323126: slate: ftbfs [sparc] Bus error]

[Nick Forde]

Helmut,

I believe this is the GCC UltraSPARC alignment problem I reported
back in March. It can be avoided by switching to -O0 or using the
compiler directive workaround in:

http://lists.tunes.org/archives/slate/2005-March/001205.html

I've just tested the -mno-faster-structs option in GCC 4.0 and
it still fails as it did with v3.2.3.

Regards,

Nick.

Brian Rice wrote:
> That's not really correct. There was an incomplete and therefore  broken 
> VM patch to the platform sources that I accidentally pushed  onto the 
> main repository which I then rolled back. It's NOT in 0.3.5  (never was) 
> and the latest slate-current tarball doesn't have it,  either (now). I 
> only mentioned it to you online because you reported  a problem at about 
> the same time.
> 
> I'll repeat for clarity: The problem I noticed only happened after  the 
> 0.3.5 release, and was only present in the repository for several  
> hours. Any problem you're seeing for 0.3.5 is unknown and you will  have 
> to debug it yourself with GDB or whatever.
> 
> On Aug 16, 2005, at 3:44 AM, Helmut Grohne wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> this bug was recently reported against slate. This build failure on
>> sparc is a known bug as far as i know.
>>
>> Brian, you said that you think you solved this problem. Is this  included
>> in the 0.3.5 tarball?
>>
>> Greetings
>>
>> Helmut Grohne
>>
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>> Package: slate
>> Version: 0.3.4.3-2
>> Severity: important
>> Justification: fails to build from source
>>
>> slate failed to build on a sparc buildd, duplicated on my sparc  
>> pbuilder.
>>
>> chmod 644 /build/buildd/slate-0.3.4.3/src/plugins/socket/../../../ 
>> socket.a
>> libtool: install: warning: remember to run `libtool --finish /build/ 
>> buildd/slate-0.3.4.3/src/plugins/socket'
>> rm unix/socket.la
>> make[2]: Leaving directory `/build/buildd/slate-0.3.4.3/src/plugins/ 
>> socket'
>> make[1]: Leaving directory `/build/buildd/slate-0.3.4.3'
>> gcc -o debian/endianess debian/endianess.c
>> cd /build/buildd/slate-0.3.4.3 && echo "repl reset. Image  saveNamed: 
>> 'slate.image'. quit." | ./vm "`debian/endianess`.image"
>> /bin/sh: line 1: 15728 Done                    echo "repl reset.  
>> Image saveNamed: 'slate.image'. quit."
>>      15729 Bus error               | ./vm "`debian/endianess`.image"
>> make: *** [build-stamp] Error 138
>>
>>
>> ----- End forwarded message -----
>>
> 
> -- 
> -Brian
> 
>