On Fri, 5 Feb 1999, Robert Ramiega wrote: It's gmp2's fault. I had the exact same problem, and did the same thing as you so that I could at least have a working ssh. IMHO, it's probably some old-style ppc assembly syntax that is rejected by gas.
> Hi! > Originaly i've sent this message to ML about Linux PPC for PowerPC accel > cards for Amiga. I'm using Amiga 1200 with BlizzardPPC 603e+ turbo card > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > Thanks for any comments > > ----- Forwarded message from Robert Ramiega <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- > > Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 22:34:34 +0100 > From: Robert Ramiega <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: gmp2 debian (?) package > X-Mailer: Mutt 0.94.12i > > Hi! > So after hard fight i have my Amiga running Debian GNU/Linux =o)) > Now to the subject: > In my work i need to have working ssh. ssh need gmp2 package (i believe it's > the same on RH also). I'v got gmp2_2.0.2-6_powerpc.deb from Polish mirror > (ftp.task.gda.pl). It installed ok. After that i tried to install > ssh-1.2.26-1.2 (this one was dl'ed either from ftp.task.gda.pl or > sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk). Install failed because of unresolved symbol in > libgmp2.so.2 (this symbol was mpn_add_n). At first i blamed this to upgrade > of libc6 but soon i realised that it's gmp2 fault. I downloaded binary > package and tried to recompile. This also failed. > The problem was syntax in asm files in gmp2-2.0.2/mpn/powerpc32. As i don;t > know assembler i took C files from generic and i got working gmp2 package. > I don't know if it is deb fault (badly created) or is this gmp2 fault (this > might as well be some incomatibility in egcs/binutils) What i'm asking is > this: could someone try installing gmp2 and ssh on RH and see if it works ? > (if it's gmp2 it'll fail during generation of server ssh-key). Also someone > else with Debian could try this? > I don't have the time now to inspect gmp to see if it would behave any > different on 604 (there is subdir gmp2-2.0.2/mpn/powerpc64 with quite > different contents) Konstantinos Margaritis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
