i too am having problems with libffi8 on a powermac g5 # dmesg ... [ 16.257543] fail2ban-server[384]: illegal instruction (4) at 3fffb4283970 nip 3fffb4283970 lr 3fffb4282f90 code 1 in libffi.so.8.1.0[3fffb427b000+c000] ... # ls -l libffi* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 68696 Feb 20 2021 libffi.so.7.1.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 68720 Sep 24 00:00 libffi.so.8.1.0
i went back to 7.1.0 and there are no more messages about illegal instructions cam On Sun, Sep 26, 2021 at 5:45 AM Riccardo Mottola <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I upgraded my iMac G5 to latest debian, including kernel 5.14 ! > The good thing is that the new kernel boots and X11 comes up. > > The bad news is lots of applications crash and they all have one thing > in common, libffi. > > > So e.g. a build of ArcticFox fails: > multix@PPC970FX:~/code/Arctic-Fox$ ./mach build > /usr/bin/which: this version of `which' is deprecated; use `command > -v' in scripts instead. > Illegal instruction > > dmesg shows: > [18439.269485] python2.7[4993]: illegal instruction (4) at > 7fffabff42fc nip 7fffabff42fc lr 7fffabff42ec code 1 in > libffi.so.8.1.0[7fffabff0000+10000] > [18439.269547] python2.7[4993]: code: 60420000 3d205858 60000000 > 61295858 38800000 387e03c8 f9228590 4bffe119 > [18439.269555] python2.7[4993]: code: e8410028 60000000 7fe3fb78 > 392285b8 <7c004eee> 60000000 39228950 7c004fae > > > GNUMail fails to start up: > Program received signal SIGILL, Illegal instruction. > 0x00007ffff5d08970 in ?? () from > /usr/lib/powerpc64-linux-gnu/libffi.so.8 > (gdb) bt > #0 0x00007ffff5d08970 in ?? () from > /usr/lib/powerpc64-linux-gnu/libffi.so.8 > #1 0x00007ffff5d07f90 in ?? () from > /usr/lib/powerpc64-linux-gnu/libffi.so.8 > #2 0x00007ffff5d02d10 in ?? () from > /usr/lib/powerpc64-linux-gnu/libffi.so.8 > #3 0x00007ffff6d02be0 in cifframe_from_signature (info=<optimized > out>) at cifframe.m:196 > #4 0x00007ffff7055cf4 in -[GSFFIInvocation initWithMethodSignature:] > (self=0x1002ac1c0, _cmd=<optimized out>, > aSignature=0x1002a8180) at GSFFIInvocation.m:299 > #5 0x00007ffff6e8b130 in +[NSInvocation > invocationWithMethodSignature:] (self=<optimized out>, > _cmd=<optimized out>, _signature=0x1002a8180) at NSInvocation.m:332 > #6 0x00007ffff6f5cf68 in +[NSRunLoop _runLoopForThread:] > (self=<optimized out>, _cmd=<optimized out>, > aThread=<optimized out>) at NSRunLoop.m:790 > #7 0x00007ffff6f5a160 in +[NSRunLoop currentRunLoop] > (self=0x7ffff7328568 <_OBJC_Class_NSRunLoop>, > _cmd=<optimized out>) at NSRunLoop.m:827 > #8 0x00007ffff6f5b4cc in +[NSRunLoop initialize] (self=<optimized > out>, _cmd=<optimized out>) at NSRunLoop.m:759 > #9 0x00007ffff6aa41e8 in ?? () from > /usr/lib/powerpc64-linux-gnu/libobjc.so.4 > #10 0x00007ffff6aa4368 in ?? () from > /usr/lib/powerpc64-linux-gnu/libobjc.so.4 > #11 0x00007ffff6aa4830 in ?? () from > /usr/lib/powerpc64-linux-gnu/libobjc.so.4 > #12 0x00007ffff24a4680 in -[XGServer(EventOps) > setupRunLoopInputSourcesForMode:] (self=0x1003ec3d0, > > > I guess not a coincidence! > > Riccardo > > -- > Sent with GNUMail from GNUstep on a Raspberry PI 4. > >
