Bug#147500: [pkg-firebird-general] Bug#147500: firebird2 on sparc

[Damyan Ivanov]

Clint Adams -- 16.09.2006 03:00 --:
>> Does firebird2 packages build on sparc after this change? If yes, I'll
>> be glad to initiate an upload that adds sparc to the list of supported
>> architectures.
> 
> Unfortunately not; it chokes.  I've mistakenly deleted the build log,
> but I recall that it was trying to run a program with 'gen' in the name,
> and then this happened.
> 
> make[4]: *** [empty.fdb] Segmentation fault

I see. Unfortunately, upstream's way for handling these is to require
a backtrace (or core dump), preferably from a debug-mode build.

This is not an easy task, even for people experienced with firebird. I
could try it, but have no access to a sparc machine (still in NM)

Looking at developer list archives, there were people trying to build
firebird in linux/sparc (years ago), but no success stories. The
source, however, seems to be prepared. There must be some
incompleteness in detecting linux/sparc combination or some such.


Anyway, thank you for your time.
    dam
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