On Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 11:37:17AM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 08:55:34AM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > > As subject says. > > I had a quick look at the build logs (on buildd.debian.org), the > > compilation on ia64 fails due to a "Stack overflow", on powerpc the > > compilation fails due to an assembler error that seems related to wrong > > assumption on size of integers. > > Maybe the problem on powerpc is related to this message on debian-devel? > > > Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 20:08:51 +0100 > > From: Gerhard Tonn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: at least 260 packages broken on arm, powerpc and s390 due to > > wrong assumption on+char signedness > > > > Hi, > > I had recently a runtime problem on s390 with a package that compiled > > fine. After a while I figured out that it was caused by the fact that > > the package owner assumes that a char is signed per default. This is > > _not_ true on > > > > arm > > powerpc > > s390 > <snip>
I have received a patch (and bugreport #127347) that enables building of ocaml on powerpc. It seem to be a jump related thingy, but i did not test it, nor do i fully understand what is going on. Anyway, it could also be related to what you say. I forwarded this bug report upstream, let's see what they say about it. That said, it don't solve the ia64 problem ... Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
