On 27/11/11 22:20, Mike Hommey wrote: > On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 01:52:09PM +1300, Michael Cree wrote: >> Source: iceweasel >> Version: 8.0-3 >> >> The following tweaks are all that are needed to build a working iceweasel. >> >> Please add the following to the patch >> "Add-mips-hppa-ia64-s390-and-sparc-defines-in-ipc-chr.patch": >> >> #elif defined(__s390__) >> #define ARCH_CPU_S390 1 >> #define ARCH_CPU_32_BITS 1 >> +#elif defined(__alpha__) >> +#define ARCH_CPU_ALPHA 1 >> +#define ARCH_CPU_64_BITS 1 >> #else >> #error Please add support for your architecture in build/build_config.h >> #endif >> >> There remains a bug in the linker (binutils) that is causing problems to >> large C++ projects and to get a working iceweasel full optimisation >> needs to be disabled. Please add into debian/rules the following: >> >> ifneq (,$(filter alpha,$(DEB_BUILD_ARCH))) >> CONFIGURE_FLAGS += --enable-optimize=-O1 >> endif > > Seriously, I doubt this is all that is needed. I would be surprised if > the resulting binary actually works and passes the test suites.
Actually things have just got better since we are now defaulting to gcc-4.6 on Alpha. The crash of iceweasel at invocation, and also crashes in icedove, disappear when they are built with gcc-4.6, so we no longer need the use of -O1 optimisation to get a working iceweasel. Without -O1, though, we get exposed to the binutils bug that results in GPREL16 relocation errors during linking in very large C++ projects so we need to link with -Wl,--no-relax. In summary, then, please add the IPC defines quoted above, and -Wl,--no-relax to MAIN_LDFLAGS when building on Alpha. Thanks, Michael. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
