From owner-freebsd-ia64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 14 22:14:15 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BE281065670; Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:14:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from dirg.bris.ac.uk (dirg.bris.ac.uk [137.222.10.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 441498FC16; Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:14:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from seis.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.10.93]) by dirg.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NKJB7-0002df-Nd; Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:14:14 +0000 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.187.241]) by seis.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1NKJB6-0004KI-Po; Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:14:05 +0000 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id nBEME4fY001985; Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:14:04 GMT (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id nBEME4mm001984; Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:14:04 GMT (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) X-Authentication-Warning: mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk: mexas set sender to mexas@bristol.ac.uk using -f Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:14:04 +0000 From: Anton Shterenlikht To: Andreas Tobler Message-ID: <20091214221404.GB1953@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <20091214170406.GA87328@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <4B26A28D.7080801@fgznet.ch> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4B26A28D.7080801@fgznet.ch> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Spam-Score: -4.5 X-Spam-Level: ---- 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 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the IA-64 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:14:15 -0000 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