severity 412356 whishlist tags 412356 wontfix -experimental retitle 412356 firebird1.5 should support more architectures thanks
Hi, Marc, (this explanation became rather long. In short, hppa is not a target architecture for firebird1.5 but thanks for caring anyway) -=| Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt, 26.02.2007 02:21 |=- > This looks like a seriously broken Makefile: > > | ./configure --build hppa-linux-gnu --disable-static --disable-rpath > --enable-superserver --prefix=/usr/lib/firebird/1.5 > | checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes > | checking build system type... hppa-unknown-linux-gnu > | checking host system type... hppa-unknown-linux-gnu > | checking target system type... hppa-unknown-linux-gnu > [...] > | make[4]: Entering directory > `/build/buildd/firebird1.5-1.5.4.4910rc1+20070131/src' > | g++ -DTERMINATE_IDLE_LOCK_MANAGER -DTERMINATE_IDLE_LOCK_MANAGER > -I../src/include/gen -I../src/include -ggdb -O3 -march=i586 -mtune=i686 > -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-builtin -DNDEBUG -DLINUX -pipe -MMD -fPIC > -DPROD_BUILD -DTERMINATE_IDLE_LOCK_MANAGER -I../src/include/gen > -I../src/include -ggdb -O3 -march=i586 -mtune=i686 -fno-omit-frame-pointer > -fno-builtin -DNDEBUG -DLINUX -pipe -MMD -fPIC -DPROD_BUILD > -I../src/include/gen -I../src/include -ggdb -O3 -march=i586 -mtune=i686 > -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-builtin -DNDEBUG -DLINUX -pipe -MMD -fPIC > -DPROD_BUILD -DTERMINATE_IDLE_LOCK_MANAGER -I../src/include/gen > -I../src/include -ggdb -O3 -march=i586 -mtune=i686 -fno-omit-frame-pointer > -fno-builtin -DNDEBUG -DLINUX -pipe -MMD -fPIC -DPROD_BUILD > -I../src/include/gen -I../src/include -ggdb -O3 -march=i586 -mtune=i686 > -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-builtin -DNDEBUG -DLINUX -pipe -MMD -fPIC > -DPROD_BUILD -I../src/include/gen -I../src/include -ggdb -O3 -march=i586 > -mtune=i686 -fno- omit-frame-pointer -fno-builtin -DNDEBUG -DLINUX -pipe -MMD -fPIC -DPROD_BUILD -c ../src/common/classes/alloc.cpp -o ../temp/libfbcommon/common/classes/alloc.o > | cc1plus: error: unrecognized command line option "-march=i586" > > A complete build log can be found at > http://experimental.debian.net/build.php?arch=hppa&pkg=firebird1.5&ver=1.5.4.4910rc1+20070131-2 Actually, firebird1.5 (old package name firebird2) is supported by upstream on very few architectures - i386, sparc32, amd64 (with reservations) and k(free|net)bsd (with even more reservations). Porting firebird1.5 to any new architecture is not practical due to two reasons: 1) 1.5 is a dead branch. All new development is done for 2.x and this includes porting to new architectures. The sole idea of firebird1.5 debian packages is to continue support for large, legacy applications that can't (yet) be moved on firebrid2.0[1] 2) Firebird uses a unique number for each architecture it supports. This is called "implementation id" internally and is stored in each created database. This is a way to tell the server if compatible architecture was used to create the database and is it safe to operate. Implementation IDs are assigned sequentially upstream, first in CVS HEAD, then in any actively developed branch (2.x now). [1] Whether this can happen before Lenny is yet to be seen. I'd be the first to throw away the 1.5 packages and provide only 2.x ones when 1.5 is no longer used/needed. So porting firebird1.5 to new architecture, although not that hard, would involve first porting CVS HEAD, assigning Implementation ID and making the needed changes in the build process, then backporting the changes to firebird1.5. Considering that firebird never run on the architecture, it is much better to start with recent version (2.x), instead of all the hassle of supporting 1.5, without upstream caring. dam -- Damyan Ivanov Modular Software Systems phone +359(2)928-2611, 929-3993 fax +359(2)920-0994 mobile +359(88)856-6067 JID [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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