* Andreas Henriksson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [061206 14:01]:
> My blind initial analysis of this problem:
> The problem seems to exists in the sparc detection code.
> Spinlocks are enabled in debian/rules for sparc, but this doesn't catch
>       case "$host_cpu" in
>               sparc)
>                       AC_DEFINE(SPARC_SPINLOCKS)
>                       ;;
> 
> in configure.in ... If it did catch then spinlock.h would not give the
> error message:
> 
> #if defined(SPARC_SPINLOCKS)
> typedef volatile char spinlock_t;
> /* <snip> */
> #else
> #error Need to implement spinlock code in spinlock.h
> #endif
> 
> 
> It would be nice to know what $host_cpu is actually set to when building
> on sparc.


That is why I asked the bug reporter for the full build log. In case we
don't get this more information, I would however propose to assume it
works ok on the project buildds (well, the package is built), and
downgrade the bug to important.


Cheers,
Andi
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