On Fri, 2014-01-17 at 10:50 +0530, Chandan wrote: > Thanks Chu > I have tested the freeipmi-1.3.4.ppc64le.1.tar.gz and able to build it > on ppc64le machine. > One question on the frreipmi release. > When you are going to release a new version of freeipmi and are you > going to release the new version by keeping the these changes?
As I noted earlier, I can't change the build process for every release like this. I can do this as a special case, as needed, until the libtool & config.guess get moved upstream and into distros. Al > Appreciate your response. > > Thanks, > Chandan > On Thu, 2014-01-16 at 10:31 -0800, Albert Chu wrote: > > Ok, round 2 > > > > http://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/freeipmi/freeipmi-1.3.4.ppc64le.1.tar.gz > > > > Al > > > > On Thu, 2014-01-16 at 11:37 +0530, Chandan wrote: > > > Hi Chu, > > > > > > The source tar you provided(freeipmi-1.3.4.ppc64le.tar.gz) need to have > > > the latest config.guess file in order to build on ppc64le archticture. I > > > should have mentioned this in my previous mail , sorry I missed that > > > part. > > > ./configure : has throws the below error : > > > configure: error: cannot guess build type; you must specify one > > > > > > Latest config.guess with ppc64le support is available at : > > > http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=config.git;a=blob_plain;f=config.guess;hb=HEAD > > > > > > Can you please update the config.guess file the source tar and let me > > > know so I can verify. > > > > > > Appreciate your effort. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Chandan > > > On Wed, 2014-01-15 at 11:39 -0800, Albert Chu wrote: > > > > The tar.gz can be found > > > > > > > > http://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/freeipmi/freeipmi-1.3.4.ppc64le.tar.gz > > > > > > > > Al > > > > > > > > On Wed, 2014-01-15 at 08:22 -0800, Al Chu wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 2014-01-15 at 08:17 -0800, Al Chu wrote: > > > > > > Hi Chandan, > > > > > > > > > > > > I can do it for 1.3.4 and release a special tarball just for this > > > > > > newer > > > > > > libtool, and perhaps on-demand as it is needed. But I cannot > > > > > > update the > > > > > > build process to use it everytime. > > > > > > > > > > I should say ... can't update the build process to use it everytime > > > > > until it is more upstream in major distros. > > > > > > > > > > Al > > > > > > > > > > > Al > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 2014-01-15 at 12:53 +0530, Chandan wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Chu, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > we are looking at new release tarball for distro to pick up of > > > > > > > freeipmi. > > > > > > > We are looking at being able to point the pkg tarball to the > > > > > > > distro such > > > > > > > that the pkg build in the distro build( that will obvious Little > > > > > > > Endian > > > > > > > version of Power Linux) without further issues. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Currently available source tarball (freeipmi-1.3.4) on upstream > > > > > > > uses the > > > > > > > libtool that does not have support for ppc64le arch and so the > > > > > > > build > > > > > > > failed to generate the shared library. > > > > > > > So I am hoping you will use the alpha libtool and spin up a new > > > > > > > version > > > > > > > of release tarball of "freeipmi" on upstream. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > Chandan > > > > > > > On Tue, 2014-01-14 at 09:20 -0800, Al Chu wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi Chandan, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Are you looking for a one-time build w/ this new libtool so you > > > > > > > > can try > > > > > > > > it on ppc64le machines? Or are you hoping I will use the newer > > > > > > > > libtool > > > > > > > > for future FreeIPMI releases? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The latter is more difficult for me todo, but I could do a > > > > > > > > one-off for > > > > > > > > ppc64le people to try out. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Is this related to any work going on at Redhat? Within the > > > > > > > > last few > > > > > > > > months, several PPC related patches came from Redhat. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Al > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 2014-01-14 at 16:33 +0530, Chandan wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi Albert, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > We are adding support for new ppc64le (IBM powerPC Little > > > > > > > > > Endian) > > > > > > > > > architecture as part of which we are looking at all the > > > > > > > > > packages that > > > > > > > > > need update. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I was looking at “freeipmi” (from repo: cvs -z3 > > > > > > > > > -d:pserver:anonym...@cvs.savannah.gnu.org:/web/freeipmi and > > > > > > > > > freeipmi-1.3.4 as well ) and was failed to build “freeipmi” > > > > > > > > > on ppc64le > > > > > > > > > machine because of outdated libtool. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > We have worked with libtool maintainer to get alpha source > > > > > > > > > release that > > > > > > > > > has all the needed bits to support building on ppc64le. A > > > > > > > > > stable release > > > > > > > > > is expected soon. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > You can pick up the libtool alpha source release from either > > > > > > > > > of the > > > > > > > > > below : > > > > > > > > > ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/libtool/libtool-2.4.2.418.tar.gz > > > > > > > > > (1.6MB) > > > > > > > > > ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/libtool/libtool-2.4.2.418.tar.xz > > > > > > > > > (920KB) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Would it be possible for you to spin up a newer version of > > > > > > > > > "freeipmi" which would support ppc64le? by using alpha libtool > > > > > > > > > release? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I can help to validate the new release of the "freeipmi" works > > > > > > > > > well by compiling on ppc64le machine. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Appreciate your response. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > Chandan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Albert Chu ch...@llnl.gov Computer Scientist High Performance Systems Division Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory _______________________________________________ Freeipmi-devel mailing list Freeipmi-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/freeipmi-devel