Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:14:04 +0000 From: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> To: Andreas Tobler <andreast-list@fgznet.ch> 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: <20091214221404.GB1953@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <4B26A28D.7080801@fgznet.ch> References: <20091214170406.GA87328@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <EC40CCCC-68A9-424D-A3AE-3A75D3913B12@mac.com> <4B26A28D.7080801@fgznet.ch>
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On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 09:39:41PM +0100, Andreas Tobler wrote: > 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 :) excellent! many thanks for your hard work! -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423
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