On Thu, Apr 02, 2026 at 02:04:26PM +0000, Visa Hankala wrote:
>
> The "relocation truncated to fit: R_MIPS_CALL16" error says that the
> GOT has become too large for R_MIPS_CALL16. This size limitation can
> be avoided by compiling the calling code with -mxgot (this causes
> a slight performance drop in the resulting machine code).
>
> Here is a revised patch to fix the mips64 build:
ok jca@
> Index: Makefile
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: ports/devel/boost/Makefile,v
> diff -u -p -r1.160 Makefile
> --- Makefile 10 Feb 2026 13:44:09 -0000 1.160
> +++ Makefile 2 Apr 2026 13:48:56 -0000
> @@ -89,6 +89,11 @@ LIB_DEPENDS= archivers/bzip2 \
>
> LIB_DEPENDS-md= devel/boost
>
> +BUILD_SH_ARGS=
> +.if ${MACHINE_ARCH} == "mips64" || ${MACHINE_ARCH} == "mips64el"
> +BUILD_SH_ARGS+= --cxxflags='-mxgot'
> +.endif
> +
> .include <bsd.port.arch.mk>
>
> .if ${PROPERTIES:Mclang}
> @@ -137,7 +142,7 @@ do-configure:
> @cd ${WRKSRC}/libs/config && \
> ${SETENV} ${CONFIGURE_ENV} /bin/sh ./configure
> @cd ${WRKSRC}/tools/build/src/engine && ${SETENV} ${CONFIGURE_ENV} \
> - /bin/sh ./build.sh ${TOOLSET} && cp b2 ${WRKSRC}
> + /bin/sh ./build.sh ${BUILD_SH_ARGS} ${TOOLSET} && cp b2
> ${WRKSRC}
> @cd ${WRKSRC} && ${SETENV} ${CONFIGURE_ENV} /bin/sh ./bootstrap.sh
> ${BOOTSTRAP}
>
> do-build:
>
--
jca
