On Thu, Feb 04, 2016 at 03:40:48PM +0100, Martin Pieuchot wrote: > On 04/02/16(Thu) 00:29, Michael McConville wrote: > > I'm getting the below error when building the GCC port on a Power Mac G5 > > running the most recent snapshot. It fails reliably when I retry the > > build, so it doesn't seem like an Act of God(TM) caused by a kernel or > > hardware bug. > > > > The build is successful with Ada disabled. > > > > Is this a known issue? Let me know if a full build log would be useful. > > Are you using GENERIC.MP or GENERIC? Does it make a difference? > > Could it be related to a bug in our binutils? > > macppc is starting to be unusable as desktop because nobody is spending > time to ensure the ports build and run correctly.
Someone with enough skills should work with landry@ to reduce the bulk build times. The packages are almost always outdated because a full bulk build takes weeks(?). A slow architecture without a weekly update to the packages is not going to attract a lot of desktop users :( -- Juan Francisco Cantero Hurtado http://juanfra.info
