[Mono-dev] 2.10~rc1 and dropped architectures

[Steven Munroe]

On Mon, 2011-01-31 at 23:54 +0000, Jo Shields wrote:
> > === SPARC ===
> > 
> > On SPARC, we fail to build fully - the runtime explodes with a SIGSEGV
> > whilst compiling gacutil.exe. Log:
> > http://retro.apebox.org/mono210/buildlog.sparc
> > 
> > SPARC is one of the most popular "minority" architectures in Debian, 
> > and we would hate to lose it, especially when SPARC/Solaris is
> > actively maintained in Mono and isn't that different.
> 
> So, ready for some fun?
> 
> I applied ca0ededdc63e7af50a8b1548975cd, which Zoltan suggested on
> #monodev would help matters on SPARC.
> 
> It stopped the SEGV.
> 
> However, the build now fails in an IDENTICAL manner to PowerPC:
> 
> make[9]: Entering directory
> `/home/directhex/mono/mcs/class/Mono.CompilerServices.SymbolWriter'
> MCS     [net_2_0] Mono.CompilerServices.SymbolWriter.dll
> Couldn't sign the
> assembly ../../class/lib/net_2_0/tmp/Mono.CompilerServices.SymbolWriter.dll with this key pair.
> make[9]: ***
> [../../class/lib/net_2_0/tmp/Mono.CompilerServices.SymbolWriter.dll]
> Error 1
> 
> So I get the feeling there's a common issue here

Is this still an issue? Seems likely an endian issue in key handling ...

Do you need another pair of hands for PPC?