this is only *worked around* in ghostscript, not fixed.
** Changed in: ghostscript (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Released => Confirmed ** Also affects: gcc-9 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** No longer affects: gcc (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to ghostscript in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1862053 Title: Compiler gets stuck (or extremely slow) on ppc64el Status in gcc: Confirmed Status in gcc-9 package in Ubuntu: New Status in ghostscript package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I have uploaded Ghostscript 9.50 to focal and it built without any problem on all architectures but ppc64el. On ppc64el the compiler seems to get stuck (or extremely slow) on one of the files of Ghostscript (devices/vector/gdevpdfb.c, I tried twice). This leads to the build process being killed after 150 minutes. See https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/9.50~dfsg-5/+build/18661407 and https://launchpadlibrarian.net/463662514/buildlog_ubuntu-focal- ppc64el.ghostscript_9.50~dfsg-5_BUILDING.txt.gz To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gcc/+bug/1862053/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp