[arch-multilib] Bug with lib32-zlib PKGBUILD

Ng Oon-Ee ngoonee at gmail.com
Sun Aug 29 06:48:22 EDT 2010


On Sun, 2010-08-29 at 02:22 +0200, Thomas Bächler wrote:
> Am 28.08.2010 18:38, schrieb Rémy Oudompheng:
> >> I wonder about the validity of compiling lib32 packages with
> >> -march=i686, should it be done that way? Is it, in other distros?
> > 
> > I would say using -march=(some real 32-bit architecture) for the multilib
> > repo would be better for compatibility with binary packages. Having
> > CFLAGS="-march=x86_64 -m32" doesn't look OK.
> 
> In lib32 packages, we only want binaries compatible with x86_64 CPUs, so
> -march=x86-64 is the way to go. This allows the compiler to use more
> instruction sets and optimizations - for example, all x86_64 CPUs have
> SSE, while i686 doesn't have it.
> 
> If -march=x86-64 breaks zlib, this is likely to be a bug in zlib or the
> compiler. We could change the -march to something older on a per-package
> basis as a workaround, but finding the real bug would be better.
> 
Thank you Thomas. I can bring this upstream to whoever does zlib. Before
I do, does anyone know of any other app which uses lib32-zlib
specifically? Would be good to verify that at least one other app than
mine hits the segfault.



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