Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 11:41:11 +0000 From: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org> To: Kevin Smallman <pipeline79@gmail.com> Cc: ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: build 32-bit binary on powerpc64 Message-ID: <20191011114111.GA32954@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <CAED5WM9uLg82burhWf6Gdgyg8nddncw6mz_TD9P46L3ayRPoaw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAED5WM9pS-aDKjGxetoD5KehW4ByVp6ihzKDadiDWPoA%2BXpBcA@mail.gmail.com> <20191010140937.GA89733@FreeBSD.org> <CAED5WM-wrOVr2mRdAbsv6xg_Do%2Bs6dsXqbhRvyMYRYY4QR90Sw@mail.gmail.com> <20191010162302.GA40333@FreeBSD.org> <CAED5WM_vGozgqXuwRLhW%2BfMw9N3EP6UN4Ue8tvK86c8-nJsiEQ@mail.gmail.com> <20191010163950.GA20831@FreeBSD.org> <CAED5WM9uLg82burhWf6Gdgyg8nddncw6mz_TD9P46L3ayRPoaw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 05:50:26PM +0100, Kevin Smallman wrote: > Thank you very much indeed. > So, hopefully if I do 'portsnap update' tomorrow it'll allow me to build > x11-toolkits/xview after you've made the changes? I'm afair not: x11-toolkits/xview is indeed an ancient and no longer maintained software; e.g. it officially never supported 64-bit arches, per https://archive.physionet.org/physiotools/xview/: "There is no 64-bit version of XView, and it is unlikely that one will be produced. [...] Unfortunately, the changes that would be required to create a 64-bit version are very extensive, requiring an effort that would be similar to starting from scratch." I built it under 32-bit PowerPC, but any XView-based application crashes with a segfault for me, similar to amd64. Also, modern Xorg server is severely incompatible with XView (however, applications at least start running on i386). While theoretically it should be possible to unbreak it on ppc32, I'm not sure if that's the best investment of one's time. Perhaps you might consider something less old and working? :-) ./danfe
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