Howdy, Just for reference, gcc60 and gcc64 in the GCC Compile Farm [0] are both ia64.
I am attempting to build parrot on gcc60 now and will report back with results. Duke [0] http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/CompileFarm On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 5:25 AM, Andrew Whitworth <[email protected]> wrote: > On the surface this seems nonsensical. The String PMC does not > implement the get_pointer VTABLE (as the error message points out) but > no place inside our build process should be attempting to use it that > way. > > This suggests to me something GC-related. Somewhere a PMC is probably > not being marked and then the memory is being recycled to allocate a > String. When we try to call get_pointer on the old reference we get to > the String PMC and have problems. > > Considering that the GC is one of the few places that relies on > hardware-specific code, and that code is not always well tested, this > doesn't surprise me. > > Do we have any developers knowledgable about IA64 architecture or > access to a machine for testing? > > Thanks, > > --Andrew Whitworth > > > On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 7:00 AM, Alessandro Ghedini <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> Parrot 4.3.0 failed (twice) to build on Debian's ia64 buildd [0] with the >> error: >> >>> ./parrot-nqp --target=pir --output=compilers/opsc/gen/Ops/Emitter.pir >>> compilers/opsc/src/Ops/Emitter.pm >>> get_pointer() not implemented in class 'String' >>> current instr.: 'parrot;PAST;Compiler;post_children' pc 2489 >>> (compilers/pct/src/PAST/Compiler.pir:508) >>> called from Sub 'parrot;PAST;Compiler;as_post' pc 3172 >>> (compilers/pct/src/PAST/Compiler.pir:773) >>> called from Sub 'parrot;PAST;Compiler;as_post' pc 3275 >>> (compilers/pct/src/PAST/Compiler.pir:821) >>> called from Sub 'parrot;PAST;Compiler;post_children' pc 2595 >>> (compilers/pct/src/PAST/Compiler.pir:553) >>> called from Sub 'parrot;PAST;Compiler;as_post' pc 3172 >>> (compilers/pct/src/PAST/Compiler.pir:773) >>> called from Sub 'parrot;PAST;Compiler;post_children' pc 2595 >>> (compilers/pct/src/PAST/Compiler.pir:553) >>> called from Sub 'parrot;PAST;Compiler;pirop' pc 5280 >>> (compilers/pct/src/PAST/Compiler.pir:1388) >>> called from Sub 'parrot;PAST;Compiler;post_children' pc 2595 >>> (compilers/pct/src/PAST/Compiler.pir:553) >>> called from Sub 'parrot;PAST;Compiler;as_post' pc 4565 >>> (compilers/pct/src/PAST/Compiler.pir:1176) >>> called from Sub 'parrot;PAST;Compiler;post_children' pc 2595 >>> (compilers/pct/src/PAST/Compiler.pir:553) >>> called from Sub 'parrot;PAST;Compiler;as_post' pc 3172 >>> (compilers/pct/src/PAST/Compiler.pir:773) >>> called from Sub 'parrot;PAST;Compiler;as_post' pc 3275 >>> (compilers/pct/src/PAST/Compiler.pir:821) >>> called from Sub 'parrot;PAST;Compiler;post_children' pc 2595 >>> (compilers/pct/src/PAST/Compiler.pir:553) >>> called from Sub 'parrot;PAST;Compiler;as_post' pc 3172 >>> (compilers/pct/src/PAST/Compiler.pir:773) >>> called from Sub 'parrot;PAST;Compiler;post_children' pc 2595 >>> (compilers/pct/src/PAST/Compiler.pir:553) >>> called from Sub 'parrot;PAST;Compiler;pirop' pc 5280 >>> (compilers/pct/src/PAST/Compiler.pir:1388) >>> called from Sub 'parrot;PAST;Compiler;post_children' pc 2595 >>> (compilers/pct/src/PAST/Compiler.pir:553) >>> called from Sub 'parrot;PAST;Compiler;as_post' pc 4565 >>> (compilers/pct/src/PAST/Compiler.pir:1176) >>> called from Sub 'parrot;PAST;Compiler;to_post' pc 1931 >>> (compilers/pct/src/PAST/Compiler.pir:215) >>> called from Sub 'parrot;PCT;HLLCompiler;compile' pc 464 >>> (compilers/pct/src/PCT/HLLCompiler.pir:331) >>> called from Sub 'parrot;HLL;Compiler;eval' pc 24537 >>> (ext/nqp-rx/src/stage0/HLL-s0.pir:8848) >>> called from Sub 'parrot;PCT;HLLCompiler;evalfiles' pc 1501 >>> (compilers/pct/src/PCT/HLLCompiler.pir:764) >>> called from Sub 'parrot;PCT;HLLCompiler;command_line' pc 1726 >>> (compilers/pct/src/PCT/HLLCompiler.pir:879) >>> called from Sub 'parrot;NQP;Compiler;main' pc 92462 >>> (ext/nqp-rx/src/stage0/NQP-s0.pir:28374) >>> make[1]: *** [compilers/opsc/gen/Ops/Emitter.pir] Error 1 >> >> The problem here is that I cannot reproduce the failure on Debian's ia64 >> porterbox. Is anyone able to reliably reproduce it or is aware of any change >> between 4.0.0 and 4.3.0 that may be causing this? >> >> Cheers >> >> [0] >> https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=parrot&arch=ia64&ver=4.3.0-1&stamp=1339321350 >> >> -- >> perl -E '$_=q;$/= @{[@_]};and s;\S+;<inidehG ordnasselA>;eg;say~~reverse' >> >> _______________________________________________ >> http://lists.parrot.org/mailman/listinfo/parrot-dev >> > > _______________________________________________ > Pkg-parrot-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-parrot-devel -- Jonathan "Duke" Leto <[email protected]> Leto Labs LLC http://labs.leto.net 209.691.DUKE http://dukeleto.pl _______________________________________________ http://lists.parrot.org/mailman/listinfo/parrot-dev
