Re: Thread+GC issues on ARM

[Neil Jerram]

Rob Browning <address@hidden> writes:

> Andy Wingo <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> On Sat 24 Dec 2011 13:50, Neil Jerram <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> Just in case anyone else is looking at this too, I just wanted to
>>> announce that I'm investigating why the Debian Guile 2.0.3 fails to pass
>>> 'make check' on ARM
>>
>> How's it going? :-)

Well, I have a build now that passes 'make check' on ARM.  What I've
done, to reach that, is

- forward port the Debian patch for libgc 7.1-8 to libgc git HEAD
  (9448012a), and tweak that a bit until dpkg-buildpackage succeeds

- make one change to the threads.c code (starting from the 2.0.3 Debian
  package).

Those changes are attached, for reference.  However I ought to go back
now and work out (1) how much of them is strictly needed, and (2) how to
present what's really needed upstream.

> If I recall correctly, there are a few of other problems too, if anyone
> has time to investigate:
>
>   https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=guile-2.0&suite=sid

I'm afraid I can't help in detail with those other ones, as I don't have
those systems.

Regards,
     Neil

0001-Tweaks-for-successful-dpkg-buildpackage-using-libgc-.patch
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0001-Attempted-GC-threads-fix-for-ARM.patch
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