Hi, When attempting to build luajit on powerpc64le-linux, you will get errors like this:
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==== Building LuaJIT 2.1.0-beta3 ====
make -C src
make[1]: Entering directory
'/tmp/guix-build-luajit-2.1.0-beta3.drv-0/LuaJIT-2.1.0-beta3/src'
lj_arch.h:428:2: error: #error "No support for PowerPC 64 bit mode (yet)"
428 | #error "No support for PowerPC 64 bit mode (yet)"
| ^~~~~
lj_arch.h:428:2: error: #error "No support for PowerPC 64 bit mode (yet)"
428 | #error "No support for PowerPC 64 bit mode (yet)"
| ^~~~~
lj_arch.h:428:2: error: #error "No support for PowerPC 64 bit mode (yet)"
428 | #error "No support for PowerPC 64 bit mode (yet)"
| ^~~~~
lj_arch.h:428:2: error: #error "No support for PowerPC 64 bit mode (yet)"
428 | #error "No support for PowerPC 64 bit mode (yet)"
| ^~~~~
lj_arch.h:428:2: error: #error "No support for PowerPC 64 bit mode (yet)"
428 | #error "No support for PowerPC 64 bit mode (yet)"
| ^~~~~
lj_arch.h:428:2: error: #error "No support for PowerPC 64 bit mode (yet)"
428 | #error "No support for PowerPC 64 bit mode (yet)"
| ^~~~~
lj_arch.h:428:2: error: #error "No support for PowerPC 64 bit mode (yet)"
428 | #error "No support for PowerPC 64 bit mode (yet)"
| ^~~~~
lj_arch.h:428:2: error: #error "No support for PowerPC 64 bit mode (yet)"
428 | #error "No support for PowerPC 64 bit mode (yet)"
| ^~~~~
lj_arch.h:428:2: error: #error "No support for PowerPC 64 bit mode (yet)"
428 | #error "No support for PowerPC 64 bit mode (yet)"
| ^~~~~
lj_arch.h:428:2: error: #error "No support for PowerPC 64 bit mode (yet)"
428 | #error "No support for PowerPC 64 bit mode (yet)"
| ^~~~~
lj_arch.h:428:2: error: #error "No support for PowerPC 64 bit mode (yet)"
428 | #error "No support for PowerPC 64 bit mode (yet)"
| ^~~~~
lj_arch.h:428:2: error: #error "No support for PowerPC 64 bit mode (yet)"
428 | #error "No support for PowerPC 64 bit mode (yet)"
| ^~~~~
lj_arch.h:428:2: error: #error "No support for PowerPC 64 bit mode (yet)"
428 | #error "No support for PowerPC 64 bit mode (yet)"
| ^~~~~
lj_arch.h:428:2: error: #error "No support for PowerPC 64 bit mode (yet)"
428 | #error "No support for PowerPC 64 bit mode (yet)"
| ^~~~~
lj_arch.h:428:2: error: #error "No support for PowerPC 64 bit mode (yet)"
428 | #error "No support for PowerPC 64 bit mode (yet)"
| ^~~~~
lj_arch.h:428:2: error: #error "No support for PowerPC 64 bit mode (yet)"
428 | #error "No support for PowerPC 64 bit mode (yet)"
| ^~~~~
lj_arch.h:428:2: error: #error "No support for PowerPC 64 bit mode (yet)"
428 | #error "No support for PowerPC 64 bit mode (yet)"
| ^~~~~
lj_arch.h:428:2: error: #error "No support for PowerPC 64 bit mode (yet)"
428 | #error "No support for PowerPC 64 bit mode (yet)"
| ^~~~~
lj_arch.h:428:2: error: #error "No support for PowerPC 64 bit mode (yet)"
428 | #error "No support for PowerPC 64 bit mode (yet)"
| ^~~~~
make[1]: *** No rule to make target 'vm_ppc64.dasc', needed by
'host/buildvm_arch.h'. Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory
'/tmp/guix-build-luajit-2.1.0-beta3.drv-0/LuaJIT-2.1.0-beta3/src'
make: *** [Makefile:113: default] Error 2
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This has downstream impacts, such as being unable to build LuaJITTeX.
If we can't use LuaJIT on powerpc64le-linux, we should probably remove
it from the luajit package's list of supported systems.
I checked their email list and website, but I can't find information
about whether the LuaJIT project is actively working on support for
powerpc64le architecture specifically. I'll ask their email list
([email protected]) in a moment, and we'll see what they say.
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Chris
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