bug#18702: libsodium fails to build on i686

[Mark H Weaver]

Mark H Weaver <address@hidden> writes:

> Hydra has never successfully built libsodium on i686, though it succeeds
> on both x86_64 and mips64el.  See:
>
>   http://hydra.gnu.org/job/gnu/master/libsodium-1.0.0.i686-linux
>   http://hydra.gnu.org/job/gnu/master/libsodium-0.5.0.i686-linux
>
> The configure script apparently hangs here:
>
> checking if gcc -std=gnu99 supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
> checking for gcc -std=gnu99 option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC
> checking if gcc -std=gnu99 PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... yes
> checking if gcc -std=gnu99 static flag -static works... building of 
> `/gnu/store/61lwfp7mk1da0kip76i1kn4gxf0mfp4n-libsodium-1.0.0.drv' timed out 
> after 3600 seconds of silence
> @ build-failed 
> /gnu/store/61lwfp7mk1da0kip76i1kn4gxf0mfp4n-libsodium-1.0.0.drv - timeout

This problem seems to be fixed on the core-updates branch, where we have
our first successful libsodium build on i686:

  http://hydra.gnu.org/build/196512
  http://hydra.gnu.org/job/gnu/core-updates/libsodium-1.0.0.i686-linux

      Mark