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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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