# New Ticket Created by James Keenan # Please include the string: [perl #47313] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # <URL: http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=47313 >
The description for Parrot configuration step class auto::va_ptr states that its purpose is: "Tests which kind of PARROT_VA_TO_VAPTR to use." Assuming that the test does not die, there are only two possible results: 'ppc' and 'x86'. Whichever result is achieved is assigned both to the step's result and to Parrot::Configure object key 'va_ptr_type'. When I run this on Linux, I get 'x86', as I would expect. But when I configure on my iBook, I *also* get 'x86': Test the type of va_ptr (this test is likely to segfault)..............x86. But I'm clearly running on the powerpc version of Darwin: Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 8 subversion 8) configuration: Platform: osname=darwin, osvers=8.7.0, archname=darwin-2level uname='darwin macintosh.local 8.7.0 darwin kernel version 8.7.0: fri may 26 15:20:53 pdt 2006; root:xnu-792.6.76.obj~1release_ppc power macintosh powerpc ' .... Even though I have no idea what a va_ptr is, I would still expect the result of this step on my iBook to be 'ppc'. Why isn't it? Thank you very much. kid51