> # 64 Bit machines must use a different parser code. > # In the OBJECTS section, replace parser2.o with parserslow2.o > # it is not really that much slower so don't have a cow > # > > I modified the Makefile in the source package and the error > has gone away. Sorry I don't know patch syntax to give a patch, but > the change is easy.
The change would be easy if packages for each architecture were built
by hand but Debian uses automated buildd's that rely on the package
configuring itself to handle the architecture. xppaut doesn't include
the ./configure script that would normally take care of this which
makes a normal patch difficult.
I'm experimenting with making a copy of 'Makefile' as 'Makefile.64' and
using a patch to debian/rules to use that Makefile when a 64bit arch is
detected. My problem is that I now need some code to test so that I can
determine whether the fix creates a usable binary on amd64.
Added to debian/rules:12
DEB_BUILD_GNU_CPU ?= $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_BUILD_GNU_CPU)
# method copied from db4.2
USE_64PARSER_CPUS = zx86_64z
ifeq (,$(findstring z$(DEB_BUILD_GNU_CPU)z,$(USE_64PARSER_CPUS)))
${CP} Makefile.64 Makefile
endif
(Only testing with amd64 so far).
Can you provide some examples of how to test the package for the bug
you found?
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