[klibc] Bug#749060: klibc: ppc64el needs static binaries as well

[Mauricio Faria de Oliveira]

Hi maks,

Adding Anton in CC (who submitted klibc ppc64le support upstream [1]),
in case he can help.

>> The ppc64el port needs klibc's static binaries, like ppc64.
>
> This segfaulting is a bug in klibc that needs investigation.
>
>> This patch enables the ARCH=ppc64 make env var in debian/rules, in order
>> for 'debian/patches/ppc64-static.patch' to take effect on ppp64el too.
>
> I have no problem to merge this for Debian as workaround for now,
> but this is not the solution. [...]

I agree.
Thanks for accepting to carry the workaround for ppc64el too.

 > [...] Effort in making shared binary
> working too is appreciated. It is probably a wrong syscall API.

Unfortunately I don't find myself in klibc expertise area. I can try,
but maybe it's not the effective way forward (not sure I'd be able to
devote the effort/time that I personally would like to).
Hopefully others can contribute in that more significantly. :)

Thank you.

[1] http://www.zytor.com/pipermail/klibc/2013-December/003518.html

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Mauricio Faria de Oliveira
IBM Linux Technology Center