Re: build 32-bit binary on powerpc64

On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 05:50:26PM +0100, Kevin Smallman wrote:
> Thank you very much indeed.
> So, hopefully if I do 'portsnap update' tomorrow it'll allow me to build
> x11-toolkits/xview after you've made the changes?

I'm afair not: x11-toolkits/xview is indeed an ancient and no longer
maintained software; e.g. it officially never supported 64-bit arches,
per https://archive.physionet.org/physiotools/xview/:

  "There is no 64-bit version of XView, and it is unlikely that one will
   be produced. [...]  Unfortunately, the changes that would be required
   to create a 64-bit version are very extensive, requiring an effort
   that would be similar to starting from scratch."

I built it under 32-bit PowerPC, but any XView-based application crashes
with a segfault for me, similar to amd64.  Also, modern Xorg server is
severely incompatible with XView (however, applications at least start
running on i386).

While theoretically it should be possible to unbreak it on ppc32, I'm not
sure if that's the best investment of one's time.

Perhaps you might consider something less old and working? :-)

./danfe
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