Hi! As one can see, erlang Debian package (R11B-2 relese, 11.b.2 in Debian versioning) fails to build on m68k now (http://buildd.debian.org/fetch.cgi?&pkg=erlang&ver=1%3A11.b.2-4&arch=m68k&stamp=1167824208&file=log).
After some research, we've found that erlang relies on the alignment of some global variable. The following patch fixes it: ------------------------------------------------------------------ --- erlang-11.b.2.orig/erts/emulator/beam/binary.c +++ erlang-11.b.2/erts/emulator/beam/binary.c @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ #include "erl_bits.h" Uint erts_allocated_binaries; -erts_mtx_t erts_bin_alloc_mtx; +erts_mtx_t erts_bin_alloc_mtx __attribute__ ((aligned (4))); void erts_init_binary(void) ------------------------------------------------------------------ So, the question is the following: Are global variables supposed to be always aligned? Is this a bug in GCC that it doesn't align the variable? Or is this a bug in erlang, and the fact that it works on other architectures is a lucky coincidence? Best wishes! -- Sergei Golovan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
