Re: [bug#45252] [PATCH] gnu: libffi: Add unreleased patch to fix float128 on powerpc64le., [bug#45252] [PATCH] gnu: libffi: Add unreleased patch to fix float128 on powerpc64le., [bug#45252] [PATCH] gn

2020-12-27 Thread Chris Marusich
Hi, Efraim Flashner writes: > "regular powerpc", ie macppc/ppc32/powerpc-linux-gnu, does have some > bootstrap binaries built but isn't near ready for merging. Go ahead and > make any changes necessary. Mark H Weaver writes: > Hi Efraim, > > Efraim Flashner writes: >> "regular powerpc", ie m

Re: [PATCH] gnu: libffi: Add unreleased patch to fix float128 on powerpc64le.

2020-12-23 Thread Mark H Weaver
Hi Efraim, Efraim Flashner writes: > "regular powerpc", ie macppc/ppc32/powerpc-linux-gnu, does have some > bootstrap binaries built but isn't near ready for merging. Go ahead and > make any changes necessary. I appreciate that, but if rebuilding the world on regular powerpc would significantly

Re: [PATCH] gnu: libffi: Add unreleased patch to fix float128 on powerpc64le.

2020-12-23 Thread Mark H Weaver
Hi Chris, Chris Marusich writes: > Mark H Weaver writes: > >> Earlier, I wrote: >>> When invoking 'patch' in Guix, you should *always* use "--force" instead >>> of "--batch". >> >> (See for my earlier message). > > Thank you for letting me know about this. I did

Re: [PATCH] gnu: libffi: Add unreleased patch to fix float128 on powerpc64le.

2020-12-22 Thread Efraim Flashner
"regular powerpc", ie macppc/ppc32/powerpc-linux-gnu, does have some bootstrap binaries built but isn't near ready for merging. Go ahead and make any changes necessary. -- Efraim Flashner אפרים פלשנר GPG key = A28B F40C 3E55 1372 662D 14F7 41AA E7DC CA3D 8351 Confidentiality cannot be guar

Re: [PATCH] gnu: libffi: Add unreleased patch to fix float128 on powerpc64le.

2020-12-22 Thread Chris Marusich
Hi Mark, Mark H Weaver writes: > Earlier, I wrote: >> When invoking 'patch' in Guix, you should *always* use "--force" instead >> of "--batch". > > (See for my earlier message). Thank you for letting me know about this. I didn't know about the difference between

Re: [PATCH] gnu: libffi: Add unreleased patch to fix float128 on powerpc64le.

2020-12-21 Thread Mark H Weaver
Earlier, I wrote: > When invoking 'patch' in Guix, you should *always* use "--force" instead > of "--batch". (See for my earlier message). Since writing the message above, I've found another problem in the same commit (7eaa2f24ea77cddbb4bbc2d6a6905673a36f8f99): it

Re: [PATCH] gnu: libffi: Add unreleased patch to fix float128 on powerpc64le.

2020-12-21 Thread Mark H Weaver
Hi, There's a problem with the following commit: > commit 7eaa2f24ea77cddbb4bbc2d6a6905673a36f8f99 > Author: John Doe > Date: Tue Dec 15 10:23:44 2020 +0100 > > gnu: libffi: Add unreleased patch to fix float128 on powerpc64le. > > Fixes . > > * gnu/pack