(Hi, sparc@ didn't say anything in 4 days, maybe this is better here at
misc@ - forward of 'Firefox support on Sparc64? ("BROKEN-sparc64" is
motivated by "xpcshell SIGBUS", that may not apply anymore so may just
work out of the box?)' posted 2017-01-12 17:30 to [email protected]
https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-sparc&m=148421342020993&w=2 :)
Hi!
Sorry for the fuss but you who run 64-bit Sparc, do you have luck with
compiling and running Firefox very well and reliably (e.g. open a page
and run some webapp that uses websockets, headless e.g. in VNC, and it
won't crash even if spinning for a very long time, any more than it
would on another platform)?
http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/ports/www/firefox-esr/
The Makefile mentions "BROKEN-sparc64 = xpcshell SIGBUS during fake".
Someone told me that xpcshell isn't used in Firefox anymore since a year
or two, and hence it would be imaginable that the reason for not
building it by default for sparc64, not applies anymore - so maybe just
remove that line and see if it works?
Also the list of patches to get Firefox going is really short so I guess
overall the prospect of Firefox on Sparc should be bright.
Much grateful for any idea on this (in absence of having the HW
presently to test all myself).
Tinker
