Subject: [bug#47615] [PATCH 0/9] Add 32-bit powerpc support

From: Efraim Flashner <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 10 May 2021 11:01:11 +0300

On Thu, May 06, 2021 at 04:45:30PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Efraim Flashner <[email-masked]> skribis:
> 
> > * gnu/packages/guile.scm (guile-3.0)[arguments]: On powerpc add two
> > phases to adjust for 32-bit big-endian systems.
> 
> [...]
> 
> > +                 (add-after 'unpack 'adjust-bootstrap-flags
> > +                   (lambda _
> > +                     ;; Upstream knows about suggested solution.
> > +                     ;; https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=45214
> 
> The first comment line should preferably mention the problem, like:
> 
>   ;; Change optimization flags to work around crash on
>   ;; 32-bit big-endian architectures: <https://bugs.gnu.org/45214>.
> 
> > +                     (substitute* "bootstrap/Makefile.in"
> > +                       (("^GUILE_OPTIMIZATIONS.*")
> > +                        "GUILE_OPTIMIZATIONS = -O1 -Oresolve-primitives -Ocps\n"))))
> > +                 (add-after 'unpack 'remove-failing-tests
> > +                   (lambda _
> > +                     ;; TODO: Discover why this test fails on powerpc-linux
> > +                     (delete-file "test-suite/standalone/test-out-of-memory"))))))
> 
> I’m surprised removing the executable works.  See
> ‘guile-2.2-skip-oom-test.patch’.

I took another look at it and I'm building 3.0.5 again but with
the 'remove-failing-tests phase removed. We'll find out in about 42
hours if it's needed or not.

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