* Andrew Dougherty ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040120 02:19]:
>
> Wordsize errors are one common type of error that show up on PPC
> (and SPARC) more readily than on x86, due to byte-order issues.
>
> When reporting problems, it's often a good idea to include the ./myconfig
> file in the parrot build directory -- it includes information about the
> variable types and sizes used in building parrot. These sizes may depend
> on your gcc version, how it was configured, and how it was called.
Ok. I should have put this into my reply to Harry Jackson, but here 'tis
anyway.
cat myconfig:
Summary of my parrot 0.0.13 configuration:
configdate='Tue Jan 20 17:51:28 2004'
Platform:
osname=linux, archname=powerpc-linux
jitcapable=1, jitarchname=ppc-linux,
jitosname=LINUX, jitcpuarch=ppc
execcapable=1
perl=/usr/bin/perl
Compiler:
cc='gcc', ccflags='-DPERL5 -DDEBUGGING -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE
-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64',
Linker and Libraries:
ld='gcc', ldflags=' -L/usr/local/lib',
cc_ldflags='',
libs='-lpthread -lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil'
Dynamic Linking:
so='.so', ld_shared='-shared -L/usr/local/lib',
ld_shared_flags=''
Types:
iv=long, intvalsize=4, intsize=4, opcode_t=long, opcode_t_size=4,
ptrsize=4, ptr_alignment=4 byteorder=4321,
nv=double, numvalsize=8, doublesize=8
Later
Paul
