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Date:      Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:39:41 +0100
From:      Andreas Tobler <andreast-list@fgznet.ch>
To:        Marcel Moolenaar <xcllnt@mac.com>, Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk>
Cc:        gecko@freebsd.org, freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: port www/libxul broken on sparc64, but builds even on ia64
Message-ID:  <4B26A28D.7080801@fgznet.ch>
In-Reply-To: <EC40CCCC-68A9-424D-A3AE-3A75D3913B12@mac.com>
References:  <20091214170406.GA87328@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <EC40CCCC-68A9-424D-A3AE-3A75D3913B12@mac.com>

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On 14.12.09 18:58, Marcel Moolenaar wrote:
>
> On Dec 14, 2009, at 9:04 AM, Anton Shterenlikht wrote:
>
>> Port www/libxul is marked as broken on sparc64.
>> HOwever, it builds even on ia64!
>> Could anybody comment on why this port is broken for sparc64?
>
> Anton,
>
> Can you remove the marker from the Makefile and just build it.
> Let us know how it fails if it fails.
>
> Remember that most ports committers don't have access to non
> PC hardware (or don't have easy access to it), so they do
> things blind. Once a port fails to build on an architecture
> and no one helps out to fix it, they can only mark the port
> as broken.

I think I fixed this for the upcoming libxul. See here:
https://trillian.chruetertee.ch/freebsd-gecko/wiki/TODO

If you need a backport for the current libxul, 1.9.0.15, to sparc64, let 
me know. I would not be unhappy if you can wait for the new version.
But if you have a speaking reason, I might find some slots :)

Regards,
Andreas




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