[m-rev.] diff: disable build of libatomic_ops_gpl.a

[Peter Ross]

On 30 July 2012 07:58, Julien Fischer <juliensf at csse.unimelb.edu.au> wrote:
>
> Hi Pete,
>
>
> On Sun, 29 Jul 2012, Peter Ross wrote:
>
>> This may lead to a lot of changes to Makefile.in files, it does
>> on sparc solaris but I need to check under linux as well.
>>
>> ===================================================================
>>
>>
>> Estimated hours taken: 2
>> Branches: main
>>
>> boehm_gc/libatomic_ops/src/Makefile.am:
>>         Disable the build of libatomic_ops_gpl.a as it doesn't
>>         build under sparc solaris 10, and it's not needed by
>>         the Mercury version of boehmgc.
>
>
> Why does it not build on sparc with solaris 10?  Has this been fixed
> upstream?  (If so, perhaps you should look at backporting the fix.)
>
I need to report the bug upstream.  The issue is to do with the
assembler they use on the sparc platform.  We are building for a v8
target and the assembler is for the v8plus target.

> Otherwise, if Makefile.am must change, then you should commit
> the changed Makefile.in files that result too -- the source distribution
> should not have to rely on automake being available.
>
OK.
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