Am 30.10.2015 um 21:56 schrieb John Paul Adrian Glaubitz: > On 10/30/2015 08:35 PM, Michael Biebl wrote: >>> The problem is that this particular fix needs larger amount of >>> work and isn't actually trivial meaning that unless you guys are >>> helping us and apply this (temporary) fix to systemd, we will not >>> be able to do any sensible work on either of the ports for a very >>> long time! > >> Why not? > > Because currently any package linking against libsystemd or libudev, > *will* fail to build from source on sparc and sparc64. In return, these > packages have many reverse dependencies meaning that many packages in > sparc64 are currently BD-Uninstallable.
I see that other packages use gold as well (e.g. qtbase-opensource-src), codesearch.d.n turns up quite a few more. Are you sure that this only affects systemd? Or is this specific due to the usage of LTO or the usage of other specific features? If so, have you checked which one that are and if that affects other packages as well? > Really, this workaround is currently the only chance we have to be able > to continue working on the ports. I understand that fixing binutils might take some time. Then again, the gold linker on sparc has been known broken for over a year, so I don't quite get the sudden hurry (i.e. escalating this within 3 days without giving us a chance to respond, especiallly since I've been away over the weekend. I have to say I'm quite disturbed by that. But let's leave it at that) I'm also not convinced yet that applying this workaround to systemd is the only available option and the correct one we should use. If other packages are affected as well, it sounds to me that we should rather add a workaround to binutils until a proper solution has been developed. If it's only systemd, by all means let's merge that patch. But so far, I haven't seen a thorough assessment of this issue which would have convinced me in that direction. We certainly don't want to obstruct any efforts you do on the sparc port, but let's first be certain that this workaround is the proper one. Regards, Michael -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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