Bug#251149: Bug #251149: gcc wrapper for sparc is chronically broken

2005-05-24 Thread Ben Collins
On Tue, May 24, 2005 at 01:32:54AM -0400, Jim Crilly wrote: Make the login environment be sparc32 by default. Doesn't that solve the problem? And for die-hard 64-bit people like me they can undo this via some configuration mechanism. It is one option. That's probably too

Bug#251149: Bug #251149: gcc wrapper for sparc is chronically broken

2005-05-24 Thread Ben Collins
libncurses5 for sparc64 has been around for a long time. I don't use anything other than menuconfig, so I can't speak for other ui interfaces. There also does not exist the necessary 64-bit versions of the graphical libraries needed to use the graphical kernel configurator. But one can

Bug#251149: Bug #251149: gcc wrapper for sparc is chronically broken

2005-05-23 Thread Ben Collins
You're right. Didn't get down that far. As far as I'm concerned, the default 64-bit is the right thing. But it's hard to convince long time users that a machine that is 99% 32-bit userspace, should compile 64-bit binaries by default, when 99% of the time, those same people are going to want

Bug#251149: Bug #251149: gcc wrapper for sparc is chronically broken

2005-05-23 Thread Ben Collins
On Mon, May 23, 2005 at 07:27:22PM -0700, David S.Miller wrote: From: Ben Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 20:21:57 -0400 But (and this but is for David), that means users can't simply do apt-get source foo; cd foo-1.1; dpkg-buildpackage and get the same build they got

Re: Lack of 64 bit support in devel tools for stable, current and future.

2004-10-04 Thread Ben Collins
On Mon, Oct 04, 2004 at 11:29:01AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The lack of a 64 bit compiler able to compile to a 64bit sparc version 9b instruction set is really, really, really, really pissing me and hundreds if not thousands of other people off. You're the first person I've heard

Bug#221282: /usr/bin/gcc: sparc wrapper is annoying

2003-11-19 Thread Ben Collins
On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 10:04:52AM -0500, Clint Adams wrote: Actually, it works just like it is supposed to work. That may not be the same as in the past, but it's the way it should be. Granted the surprise is something the users will have to adjust to, but that doesn't mean things

Re: Processed: your mail

2003-11-19 Thread Ben Collins
On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 09:13:33AM +1100, Herbert Xu wrote: reassign 221621 kernel-image-sparc-2.4 quit On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 03:48:12PM -0600, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: reassign 221621 kernel-source-2.4.22 Bug#221621: gcc-3.3:

Re: Processed: your mail

2003-11-19 Thread Ben Collins
On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 09:30:11AM +1100, Herbert Xu wrote: On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 05:17:16PM -0500, Ben Collins wrote: But this is a bug in the kernel source, not in the sparc kernel package. Why should it be assigned to the kernel-image-sparc package when it has to be fixed

Re: Processed: your mail

2003-11-19 Thread Ben Collins
On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 10:25:21AM +1100, Herbert Xu wrote: On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 06:14:30PM -0500, Ben Collins wrote: Just because the binaries are built somewhere else does not defer the fact that the bug is in the source. He's having a problem building the kernel-source package

Bug#221282: /usr/bin/gcc: sparc wrapper is annoying

2003-11-18 Thread Ben Collins
On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 09:42:24AM -0500, Clint Adams wrote: On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 08:56:05PM +0100, Matthias Klose wrote: why is it annoying? it just works. It just works the opposite of the way I want it to work. It also confuses the hell out of users who just want to compile

Bug#221282: /usr/bin/gcc: sparc wrapper is annoying (forwarded from Clint Adams)

2003-11-17 Thread Ben Collins
How about I add a file you can touch, like /etc/disable_64_gcc, and then gcc will revert to the previous behavior no matter what? -- Debian - http://www.debian.org/ Linux 1394 - http://www.linux1394.org/ Subversion - http://subversion.tigris.org/ WatchGuard - http://www.watchguard.com/

Bug#221282: /usr/bin/gcc: sparc wrapper is annoying

2003-11-17 Thread Ben Collins
On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 08:43:14PM +, James Troup wrote: Matthias Klose [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Clint Adams writes: Package: gcc Version: 4:3.3.1-2 File: /usr/bin/gcc Please make the sparc gcc wrapper optional for those of us who would prefer a symlink to gcc-3.3. why

Bug#216849: [sparc] Re: Bug#216849: relocation overflow error

2003-10-22 Thread Ben Collins
| this overflow of stack in assembly: | | read_infos: | .LLFB46: | .loc 1 197 0 | !#PROLOGUE# 0 | save%sp, --2147483544, %sp | | Notice the double negative, produces by overflowing the stack pointer, I'm not very familiar with compilers internals but (I once made

Bug#202927: gcc-3.3: Link order on Sparc: system directories vs specified directories

2003-07-26 Thread Ben Collins
On Sat, Jul 26, 2003 at 09:37:28AM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote: Ben, I think, this is the same as #202924, introduced by the sparc64-build patch. Is there a reason that -Y P,/usr/lib is replaced with -L/usr/lib ? I can't remember why I had done that, but feel free to revert it. -- Debian

Bug#199436: Processed: blas: build failure on sparc

2003-07-07 Thread Ben Collins
On Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 06:42:38PM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote: Debian Bug Tracking System writes: Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: reassign 199436 g77 Bug#199436: blas: build failure on sparc Bug reassigned from package `blas' to `g77'. that's a log of information you

Fixed in NMU of gcc-3.2 1:3.2.3ds9-4

2003-06-04 Thread Ben Collins
libg2c0 fixincludes gij-3.2 cpp-3.2 gnat-3.2 Architecture: source sparc all Version: 1:3.2.3ds9-4 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Debian GCC maintainers debian-gcc@lists.debian.org Changed-By: Ben Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] Description: cpp-3.2- The GNU C preprocessor cpp-3.2-doc

Re: 3.2 transition

2002-12-15 Thread Ben Collins
On Sun, Dec 15, 2002 at 11:16:41PM +, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote: * Daniel Jacobowitz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Reference: http://people.debian.org/~rmurray/c++transition.html, which seems to be the latest copy. My understanding is that GCC 3.2 now works on all architectures.

Bug#169497: Bug fixed yet?

2002-12-11 Thread Ben Collins
On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 07:44:30PM -0600, Chris Cheney wrote: Has this bug been fixed yet? (I assume it has not) I am planning to upload kde 3.1 very soon (most likely this weekend) so I guess it will have to be with gcc 2.95 :( The next gcc-3.2 upload will be fixed, yes. -- Debian -

Bug#169497: G++ 3.2 breakage on sparc

2002-12-06 Thread Ben Collins
On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 09:51:06AM +0100, Matthias Klose wrote: [ok, this is a Debian self made problem, so don't read on ...] The cause is the patch we apply to build a compiler for sparc-linux, supporting -m64 as well. In the configury, the _GLIBCPP_HAVE_funcL detect the /lib64/libc.so.6

Re: gcc 3.2.1 in sid?

2002-10-17 Thread Ben Collins
On Thu, Oct 17, 2002 at 11:50:06PM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote: Jack Howarth writes: Now that glibc 2.3.1 is in sid, what are the plans for the transition to gcc 3.2.1? we are waiting for an transition plan. My assumption was Jeff would propose a transition plan for a _coordinated_

Re: Gcc 3.2 64-bit mode on Sparc?

2002-09-10 Thread Ben Collins
On Tue, Sep 10, 2002 at 09:20:42AM -0500, Roy Bixler wrote: On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 10:41:18PM -0400, Ben Collins wrote: 64bit itself is not broken on Debian. The part that we have trouble with is very fine grained. Dpkg selects architecture based on gcc's target. For us, even on sparc64

Re: gcc-2.95.3

2002-02-16 Thread Ben Collins
On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 05:17:53PM +0100, Peter Koellner wrote: On Sat, 16 Feb 2002, Ben Collins wrote: You'd probably get a better response if you actually explain your compile error. well, it is known that kernel source is a bit picky about compilers and kernel developers don't want

Re: gcc-2.95.3

2002-02-16 Thread Ben Collins
On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 05:40:01PM +0100, Peter Koellner wrote: On Sat, 16 Feb 2002, Ben Collins wrote: How about telling us the error? We use out 2.95.4 compiler to create out own images for Debian kernels. So if you want a sane answer, instead of some rambling guesses, supply the damn

Re: gcc-2.95.3

2002-02-16 Thread Ben Collins
On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 05:56:22PM +0100, Peter Koellner wrote: On Sat, 16 Feb 2002, Ben Collins wrote: This is definitely a source bug in i810_audio.c. In 2.5.x somewhere, the remap_page_range() function changed its expected arguments. Seems this driver wasn't updated. yes, i know

Re: gcc-2.95.3

2002-02-16 Thread Ben Collins
, but that's not the compiler. -- .--===-=-==-=---==-=-. / Ben Collins--Debian GNU/Linux--WatchGuard.com \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=--===-=-=-=-===-==---=--=---'

Re: i m new to linux i have a problem in comling c++program using g+

2002-01-31 Thread Ben Collins
directory). Ben -- .--===-=-==-=---==-=-. / Ben Collins--Debian GNU/Linux--WatchGuard.com \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=--===-=-=-=-===-==---=--=---'

Re: GCC-3.0, -static, and -shared-libgcc

2002-01-20 Thread Ben Collins
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Re: Bug#119844: gcc: __WORDSIZE definition missing

2002-01-06 Thread Ben Collins
/sys/ptrace.h /usr/include/sys/sysmacros.h /usr/include/sys/ucontext.h -- .--===-=-==-=---==-=-. / Ben Collins--Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=--===-=-=-=-===-==---=--=---'

Re: URGENT: Re: report #126993

2002-01-05 Thread Ben Collins
build you a chroot with an older libc6/libc6-dev, can you try a build there? -- .--===-=-==-=---==-=-. / Ben Collins--Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=--===-=-=-=-===-==---=--=---'

Re: ??? Re: gcc-3.0_3.0.3ds3-1_sparc.changes INSTALLED

2002-01-03 Thread Ben Collins
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Bug#126162: [sparc] unable to build gcc-3.0.3-1

2001-12-22 Thread Ben Collins
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Re: problems installing gcc 3.0.2 Debian package on Potato

2001-11-16 Thread Ben Collins
libstdc++. Not sure what they are, or how to get around them, but they will be there. Ben -- .--===-=-==-=---==-=-. / Ben Collins--Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL

Re: linking setuid binary with shared objects

2001-08-14 Thread Ben Collins
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Bug#107569: gcc-3.0-sparc64_3.0.1-0pre010801_sparc fail apt-get install

2001-08-03 Thread Ben Collins
the problem? I've no idea how you get your system to this state. Purge all the gcc-3.0 stuff and install it all over from scratch. Ben -- .--===-=-==-=---==-=-. / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL

Bug#106716: gcc-3.0.1 refuses to compile Linux kernel

2001-07-26 Thread Ben Collins
Makefile pass -flimit-inline=1 explicitly? -- .--===-=-==-=---==-=-. / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=--===-=-=-=-===-==---=--=---'

Bug#106716: gcc-3.0.1 refuses to compile Linux kernel

2001-07-26 Thread Ben Collins
On Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 10:07:20PM +0100, David Starner wrote: From: Ben Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 08:27:14PM +0200, Petr Vandrovec wrote: Package: gcc-3.0 Version: 3.0.1-0pre010723 Hi, gcc-3.0.1 contains some really unreasonable default for -flimit

Bug#105371: gcc-3.0: grammar spelling fixes for README.Debian [patch]

2001-07-15 Thread Ben Collins
to appear, to the amusement of educated people, in signs and notices, especially in shop windows. No, we aren't talking about nouns, we are talking about acronyms. The above does not pertain to this use. -- ---===-=-==-=---==-=-- / Ben Collins

Bug#105371: gcc-3.0: grammar spelling fixes for README.Debian [patch]

2001-07-15 Thread Ben Collins
, atleast from what I remember from the english textbooks. Ben -- ---===-=-==-=---==-=-- / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=--===-=-=-=-===-==---=--=---'

Re: gcc-3.0 update

2001-06-11 Thread Ben Collins
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Re: Bug in libstdc++3 package

2001-05-26 Thread Ben Collins
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Bug#97905: libstdc++3-dev; Bad /usr/lib/libstdc++.la

2001-05-18 Thread Ben Collins
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Re: new gcc-2.95 packages

2001-05-03 Thread Ben Collins
On Thu, May 03, 2001 at 05:14:48PM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote: Ben Collins writes: Which version of dpkg-dev do you have installed? $ dpkg -l dpkg-dev Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold

Re: 3.0 and warning!?

2001-04-26 Thread Ben Collins
shouldn't *automatically* upgrade if it is this dangerous?! Which architecture? -- ---===-=-==-=---==-=-- / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=--===-=-=-=-===-==---=--=---'

Re: 3.0 and warning!?

2001-04-26 Thread Ben Collins
-3.0 to actually use the new compiler. So the warning is pretty accurate. However, after the next upgrade, it wont give a warning any longer. Ben -- ---===-=-==-=---==-=-- / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux

Re: Alpha still hates the fsirl patch...

2001-04-25 Thread Ben Collins
for Alpha for this upload, but am not at a machine where I can get to the CVS repository right now. Can someone do the same in CVS? FYI, the sparc build went fine with the fsirl patch. -- ---===-=-==-=---==-=-- / Ben Collins

Bug#94955: Linking with libstdc++ changes behavior of a program (which does not require libstdc++)

2001-04-23 Thread Ben Collins
public key. Dunno about mips. I just tested on my netwinder, and it does not exhibit the same problem. I can test on mips later tonight. -- ---===-=-==-=---==-=-- / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux

Bug#94955: Linking with libstdc++ changes behavior of a program (which does not require libstdc++)

2001-04-23 Thread Ben Collins
On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 01:42:43PM -0700, Philippe Troin wrote: Ben Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 09:18:26PM +0100, Philip Blundell wrote: Is there any mips or arm machine I could log into which has 2.95.4 installed so that I could check the aleph package

Re: built packages based on Apr 15 snapshot

2001-04-16 Thread Ben Collins
to get rid of the offsets but that should be easy. Yeah, caught that one. I'm working from a 04-16 snapshot now. I may upload a new set based on this within a day or two. Ben -- ---===-=-==-=---==-=-- / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic

Re: built packages based on Apr 15 snapshot

2001-04-16 Thread Ben Collins
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gcc-3.0 snapshot...

2001-04-03 Thread Ben Collins
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Re: gcc-3.0 snapshot...

2001-04-03 Thread Ben Collins
On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 01:10:30PM -0500, Gordon Sadler wrote: On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 12:43:16PM -0400, Ben Collins wrote: For the first time I was able to compile the gcc-3.0 CVS and build glibc 2.2.3pre1 with it on sparc-linux. Even more so, there were no errors from the glibc make check

Re: gcc fails to build on debian-mipsel

2001-04-02 Thread Ben Collins
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Re: gcc fails to build on debian-mipsel

2001-04-02 Thread Ben Collins
compare to the other archs like sparc or i386). Ben -- ---===-=-==-=---==-=-- / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=--===-=-=-=-===-==---=--=---'

Re: gcc fails to build on debian-mipsel

2001-04-02 Thread Ben Collins
On Mon, Apr 02, 2001 at 11:27:26PM +0200, Florian Lohoff wrote: On Mon, Apr 02, 2001 at 02:28:17PM -0400, Ben Collins wrote: On Mon, Apr 02, 2001 at 08:05:08PM +0200, Florian Lohoff wrote: stage1/collect2 -Y P,/usr/lib -dynamic-linker /lib/ld.so.1 -o gencheck /usr/lib/crt1.o /usr/lib

Bug#91512: Something's still wrong

2001-03-30 Thread Ben Collins
.so (and, presumably, lots of other libraries) to be rebuilt with the new gcc? Yes, libdb2, needs to be rebuilt, and is in fact in incoming right now. -- ---===-=-==-=---==-=-- / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU

[hjl@lucon.org: Re: atexit bug, RFC]

2001-03-26 Thread Ben Collins
We need this in the next gcc-2.95 ASAP, please. This only affects i386. All other archs appear to work fine. - Forwarded message from H . J . Lu [EMAIL PROTECTED] - X-From_: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Mar 26 15:06:50 2001 From: H . J . Lu [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Ben Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED

Mailing list should be working now

2001-03-06 Thread Ben Collins
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