Re: port-sparc64/57219: ./configure for gcl-2.6.14 crashes kernel (reboot) on NetBSD 9.3 sparc64

[Alexander Schreiber <als%thangorodrim.ch@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR port-sparc64/57219; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Alexander Schreiber <als%thangorodrim.ch@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: port-sparc64/57219: ./configure for gcl-2.6.14 crashes kernel
 (reboot) on NetBSD 9.3 sparc64
Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2023 21:57:04 +0100

 Some further testing was done on NetBSD 9.3 amd64, where the configure
 actual goes past the point where it crashes on sparc64. Relevant output
 snippet:
 
 checking output_arch... bfd_arch_i386
 configure: trying to adjust text start    <----- crashes on sparc64 after this
 [1]   Abort trap              (${CC} ${LDFLAGS} -Wl,-T gcl.script foo.c -o f...
 [1]   Abort trap              (${CC} ${LDFLAGS} -Wl,-T gcl.script foo.c -o f...
 [1]   Abort trap              (${CC} ${LDFLAGS} -Wl,-T gcl.script foo.c -o f...
 [1]   Abort trap              (${CC} ${LDFLAGS} -Wl,-T gcl.script foo.c -o f...
 [1]   Abort trap              (${CC} ${LDFLAGS} -Wl,-T gcl.script foo.c -o f...
 [1]   Abort trap              (${CC} ${LDFLAGS} -Wl,-T gcl.script foo.c -o f...
 [1]   Abort trap              (${CC} ${LDFLAGS} -Wl,-T gcl.script foo.c -o f...
 [1]   Abort trap              (${CC} ${LDFLAGS} -Wl,-T gcl.script foo.c -o f...
 [1]   Abort trap              (${CC} ${LDFLAGS} -Wl,-T gcl.script foo.c -o f...
 [1]   Abort trap              (${CC} ${LDFLAGS} -Wl,-T gcl.script foo.c -o f...
 [1]   Abort trap              (${CC} ${LDFLAGS} -Wl,-T gcl.script foo.c -o f...
 [1]   Abort trap              (${CC} ${LDFLAGS} -Wl,-T gcl.script foo.c -o f...
 [1]   Abort trap              (${CC} ${LDFLAGS} -Wl,-T gcl.script foo.c -o f...
 [1]   Abort trap              (${CC} ${LDFLAGS} -Wl,-T gcl.script foo.c -o f...
 [1]   Abort trap              (${CC} ${LDFLAGS} -Wl,-T gcl.script foo.c -o f...
 [1]   Abort trap              (${CC} ${LDFLAGS} -Wl,-T gcl.script foo.c -o f...
 [1]   Abort trap              (${CC} ${LDFLAGS} -Wl,-T gcl.script foo.c -o f...
 [1]   Abort trap              (${CC} ${LDFLAGS} -Wl,-T gcl.script foo.c -o f...
 [1]   Abort trap              (${CC} ${LDFLAGS} -Wl,-T gcl.script foo.c -o f...
 [1]   Abort trap              (${CC} ${LDFLAGS} -Wl,-T gcl.script foo.c -o f...
 [1]   Abort trap              (${CC} ${LDFLAGS} -Wl,-T gcl.script foo.c -o f...
 configure: min log text start 20
 configure: max log text start 29
 configure: lowering log text to 300000 to maximize data area
 checking our linker script... done
 
 On NetBSD 9.3 amd64 the configure script later gives up because it has
 problems identifying the platform, but that is not relevant here.
 
 Also, I copied the URL to the gcl archive from their release email,
 where that link is sadly 404 compliant. 
 
 However, following the download link at https://www.gnu.org/software/gcl/
 which directs to their mirrors yields:
 
 http://mirror.metanet.ch/gnu/gcl/gcl-2.6.14.tar.gz
 
 which actually works.
 
 Further machine information (since this was requested on IRC): the
 sparc64 machines it crashes on have 2GB of ECC RAM.