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>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
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
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?4B26A28D.7080801>