Re: Working compat_netbsd32

[christos%astron.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)]

In article <200807041505.42713.raymond.meyer%rambler.ru@localhost>,
 <raymond.meyer%rambler.ru@localhost> wrote:
>Hi guys, could anyone eloaborate on if and when compat_netbsd32 would be 
>working on sparc64 (including threaded applications)? For example, I'd like 
>to build KDE and other packages as 32-bit binaries and run them under 
>compat_netbsd32. I have never been able to do that, is anyone working on 
>these problems, are there many broken things that need fixing?
>
>Thanks.
>
>PS. the biggest reason why I need compat_netbsd32 is due to software that is 
>not 64-bit clean. I've been trying to build x11/qt4-libs on sparc64 and one 
>of the qt tools crashes with "Bus error" during build stage. I have reported 
>the problem to trolltech, but who knows how long it will take them to 
>investiage and fix the open source version of qt4-libs. And there are other 
>packages that have similar problems.

You are much better off fixing the applications and it is simpler. Compile
with -g and then use the debugger on the core file. It will point out what
is wrong.

christos