Re: Does databases/db4 build on sparc32 ?

пн, 15 дек. 2025 г., 13:36 Hauke Fath <[email protected]>:

> On Mon, 15 Dec 2025 05:15:41 +0300, Andrew Randrianasulu wrote:
> >> Tried to make install mail/mutt, but it tried to bring in db4 and its
> >> configure fails with
> >>
> >> error: unable to find a mutex implementation
> >>
> > Aah, it was this pr:
> >
> > https://gnats.netbsd.org/43444
>
> Yikes. That is still open?
>


There was no closing conclusion, so I think yes?



> > I think patches from there were not merged?
>
> No, obviously not.
>
> I can put in the patches, but I neither have a reasonably recent
> port-sparc instance available on short notice, nor any sparc assembler
> fu. So somebody else would have to step up, or at least test the result
> of my fat-fingering.  ;)
>


I obviously will try to build mutt against db4/5 on qemu-system-sparc and
see if I can browse some saved mboxes and extract patches from there


> Cheerio,
> Hauke
>
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