libgcj failure on ppclinux?

[Nic Ferrier]

Mark Wielaard <mark@klomp.org> writes:

> Hi Nic,
> 
> On Tue, 2002-10-15 at 00:30, Nic Ferrier wrote:
> >
> > I run on powerpc all the time and am beginning to find not being able
> > to compile GCC a right pain. I think I'm getting exactly this problem
> > in the current GCC CVS.
> 
> Yeah. It is unfortunate that we don't have enough autobuilders that
> report problems when the build is broken on a particular platform. There
> seem to be some scripts in the gcc/contrib directory that can help. I
> will see if I can transform my auto-tester (that does send daily results
> to gcc-testresults mailing list) on PPC into a build-broken warning
> system as soon as the build is working again.
> 
> > At least, what I'm seeing looked a lot like what you were talking
> > about the other day.
> >
> > What do you want me to do with the test case?
> 
> I am afraid that if you aren't a C++ compiler hacker there is nothing
> much to do with the test case. I just posted it as an extra data point
> in case Mark Mitchel isn't able to figure out what is happening here (he
> doesn't have a powerpc machine available so it might be tricky to
> debug).

Is he listening?

He can have an account here if he promises not to trash the box (it's
my personal machine).

I have broadband so it's pretty easy to use over the net. He just
needs to send a gpg key via a reliable source (eg: drop it on
savannah somewhere?)



Nic