Re: build-many-glibcs: powerpc-linux-gnu-soft configuration builds with hard float, link fails

[Zack Weinberg <zackw@panix.com>]

On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 4:40 PM Zack Weinberg <zackw@panix.com> wrote:
> On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 4:35 PM Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho
> <tuliom@ascii.art.br> wrote:
> > Zack Weinberg <zackw@panix.com> writes:
> >
> > > I'm seeing a build failure under build-many-glibcs for the
> > > powerpc-linux-gnu-soft configuration.  The syndrome is that some (but
> > > not all) of the object files going into libc_pic.os are compiled with
> > > -mhard-float and so the final link of libc.so.6 blows up:
> >
> > Is this happening after you apply your patch?
> >
> > If so, please check if you removed the following line was removed from
> > sysdeps/powerpc/preconfigure:
> >
> > with_fp_cond="!defined __NO_FPRS__"
>
> Aha, yes, that might be the problem.  I will restore that line,
> retest, and report back.

This was indeed the problem.  I have posted a revised patch for the
removal of the SPE subarchitecture from glibc.  Tulio, you may get two
copies because I fat-fingered the git send-email operation, sorry
about that.

zw