From kmp at linux.vnet.ibm.com Thu Jan 16 10:15:11 2014 From: kmp at linux.vnet.ibm.com (Madhu Pavan) Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 15:45:11 +0530 Subject: libecap-1.0.0 not compatible with ppc64le architecture Message-ID: <52D7B12F.9090306@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Hi, We are in the process of adding support for new arch (ppc64le) and as part of that we wanted to send patches for config.guess and configure as appropriate. libecap-1.0.0 could not be built on ppc64le because it had an outdated configure/config.guess/libtool.m4. Since your pkg uses libtool and the latest tarball of your pkg didn't build on ppc64le due to outdated libtool present on your system. We wanted to request you to upgrade your libtool to the alpha release of libtool which has all the bits and pieces needed for ppc64le support. In that context, I wanted to confirm the below 1) Should we send patches to 'users at e-cap.org' mailing list or there is some other mailing list ? 2) New libtool alpha release which supports ppc64le arch is available, you may pick up the alpha release from either of the below : ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/libtool/libtool-2.4.2.418.tar.gz (1.6MB) ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/libtool/libtool-2.4.2.418.tar.xz (920KB) It would be great if you can install this new libtool which supports ppc64le, and spin the pkg and let us know the new tar availability. We can test it on ppc64le architecture for you. Please let me know if you are planning to release or spin newer version. Currently I used http://www.measurement-factory.com/tmp/ecap/libecap-1.0.0.tar.gz Which does not have ppc64le support. Your response is highly appreciated. Thanks in advance, Madhu Pavan Kothapally From kmp at linux.vnet.ibm.com Fri Jan 17 17:30:42 2014 From: kmp at linux.vnet.ibm.com (Madhu Pavan) Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 23:00:42 +0530 Subject: libecap-1.0.0 not compatible with ppc64le architecture In-Reply-To: <52D86791.2000600@measurement-factory.com> References: <52D7B12F.9090306@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <52D86791.2000600@measurement-factory.com> Message-ID: <52D968C2.3010509@linux.vnet.ibm.com> On Friday 17 January 2014 04:43 AM, Alex Rousskov wrote: > On 01/16/2014 03:15 AM, Madhu Pavan wrote: > >> libecap-1.0.0 could not be built on ppc64le because it had an outdated >> configure/config.guess/libtool.m4. Since your pkg uses libtool and the >> latest tarball of your pkg didn't build on ppc64le due to outdated >> libtool present on your system. We wanted to request you to upgrade your >> libtool to the alpha release of libtool which has all the bits and >> pieces needed for ppc64le support. > It is unlikely that we will post official libecap releases based on an > *alpha* release of libtool. In general, I would worry that using an > alpha libtool version would cause more troubles than the lack of ppc64le > support. However, we are not libtool experts, and if you have good > reasons to believe we should use that alpha software, we will certainly > consider your arguments. As far as my knowledge is concerned there is no trouble in using alpha libtool. When we approached libtool maintainer to release new version which supports it's functionalities in ppc64le architecture, he accepted our request and promised us that his next release will support ppc64le architecture along with some additional features/improvements. In the mean while he made a alpha release which adds it's support to ppc64le architecture. >> 2) New libtool alpha release which supports ppc64le arch is available, >> you may pick up the alpha release from either of the below : >> >> ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/libtool/libtool-2.4.2.418.tar.gz (1.6MB) >> >> ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/libtool/libtool-2.4.2.418.tar.xz (920KB) >> >> It would be great if you can install this new libtool which supports >> ppc64le, and spin the pkg and let us know the new tar availability. We >> can test it on ppc64le architecture for you. Please let me know if you >> are planning to release or spin newer version. > Yes, we can give you a tarball for testing, but have you considered > running bootstrap.sh yourself? If you can bootstrap libecap sources with > the alpha libtool and test the results yourself, then it may reduce the > number of iterations and reduce turn around time. This package works fine with ppc64le architecture after running bootstrap.sh using alpha libtool. So, can I expect a quick release which we are willing to test it on ppc64le architecture for you. Thanks, Madhu Pavan Kothapally.