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On Tue, 4 Sep 2012, Reini Urban wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 9:02 AM, Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafayette.edu> wrote:
> > diff --git a/Configure b/Configure
> > index a1ba981..7fa1804 100755
> > --- a/Configure
> > +++ b/Configure
> > @@ -19022,11 +19022,10 @@ Revision='$Revision'
> >
> > : check for alignment requirements
> > echo " "
> > -case "$usecrosscompile$multiarch" in
> > +case "$usecrosscompile" in
> > *$define*)
> > $cat <<EOM
> > -You seem to be either cross-compiling or doing a multiarchitecture build,
> > -skipping the memory alignment check.
> > +You seem to be cross-compiling. Skipping the memory alignment check.
> >
> > EOM
> > case "$alignbytes" in
> > @@ -19064,6 +19063,17 @@ EOCP
> > dflt='8'
> > echo "(I can't seem to compile the test program...)"
> > fi
> > + case "$multiarch" in
> > + *$define*)
> > + : The usual safe value is 8, but Darwin with -Duselongdouble
> > + : needs 16. Hence, we will take 8 as a minimum, but allow
> > + : Configure to pick a larger value if needed.
> > + if $test "$dflt" -lt 8; then
> > + dflt='8'
> > + echo "Setting alignment to 8 for multiarch support.">&4
> > + fi
> > + ;;
> > + esac
> > ;;
> > *) dflt="$alignbytes"
> > ;;
>
> Doesn't solaris with their cc/CC also requires 16?
I don't understand. This patch is only supposed to set a minimum in the
multiarch case, which is normally just darwin (or NeXT or Rhapsody). The
normal alignbytes test run by Solaris should be unaffected.
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Andy Dougherty doughera@lafayette.edu