frysk (actually libunwind) doesn't build on ppc/ppc64: /usr/bin/gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../include -I/builddir/build/BUILD/frysk-0.0.1.2007.09.24/frysk-imports/libunwind/src -I/builddir/build/BUILD/frysk-0.0.1.2007.09.24/frysk-imports/libunwind/include -I/builddir/build/BUILD/frysk-0.0.1.2007.09.24/frysk-imports/libunwind/include/tdep-ppc64 -I. -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -fexceptions -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m64 -mminimal-toc -fexceptions -Wall -Wsign-compare -MT os-linux.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/os-linux.Tpo -c /builddir/build/BUILD/frysk-0.0.1.2007.09.24/frysk-imports/libunwind/src/os-linux.c -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/os-linux.o In file included from /builddir/build/BUILD/frysk-0.0.1.2007.09.24/frysk-imports/libunwind/include/libunwind_i.h:287, from /builddir/build/BUILD/frysk-0.0.1.2007.09.24/frysk-imports/libunwind/src/os-linux.c:32: ../include/tdep/libunwind_i.h: In function 'dwarf_putvr': ../include/tdep/libunwind_i.h:141: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules ../include/tdep/libunwind_i.h: In function 'dwarf_putfp': ../include/tdep/libunwind_i.h:187: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules /builddir/build/BUILD/frysk-0.0.1.2007.09.24/frysk-imports/libunwind/src/os-linux.c: At top level: /builddir/build/BUILD/frysk-0.0.1.2007.09.24/frysk-imports/libunwind/src/os-linux.c:48: error: conflicting types for '_Uppc64_get_elf_image' ../include/tdep/libunwind_i.h:291: error: previous declaration of '_Uppc64_get_elf_image' was here make[5]: *** [os-linux.lo] Error 1 make[5]: Leaving directory `/builddir/build/BUILD/frysk-0.0.1.2007.09.24/build/frysk-imports/libunwind-ppc64/src' make[4]: *** [all] Error 2 make[4]: Leaving directory `/builddir/build/BUILD/frysk-0.0.1.2007.09.24/build/frysk-imports/libunwind-ppc64/src' make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/builddir/build/BUILD/frysk-0.0.1.2007.09.24/build/frysk-imports/libunwind-ppc64' make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/builddir/build/BUILD/frysk-0.0.1.2007.09.24/build/frysk-imports' make[1]: *** [all] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/builddir/build/BUILD/frysk-0.0.1.2007.09.24/build/frysk-imports' make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.51235 (%build)
Is this still true?
Building for me; for instance frysk-0.2.1 built on ppc64. Assuming IBM fixed this at some point.