Created by Alex Tomlins (apdt97@doc.ic.ac.uk) on Wednesday, August 12, 1998 6:59:24 AM PDT Additional Details : Compile stops with the following error. gcc -o Linux2.0.33_sparc_DBG.OBJ/linux.o -c -g -fPIC -ansi -Wall -pipe -DLINUX -Dlinux -D_POSIX_SOURCE -D_BSD_SOURCE -DHAVE_STRERROR -DFORCE_PR_LOG -DXP_UNIX -DDEBUG -UNDEBUG -DDEBUG_root -D_PR_LOCAL_THREADS_ONLY -I../../../../../dist/Linux2.0.33_sparc_DBG.OBJ/include/private -I../../../../../dist/Linux2.0.33_sparc_DBG.OBJ/include linux.c linux.c: In function `_MD_InitializeThread': linux.c:63: request for member `__fp' in something not a structure or union make[5]: *** [Linux2.0.33_sparc_DBG.OBJ/linux.o] Error 1 make[5]: Leaving directory `/mnt/d/rpm/BUILD/mozilla/nsprpub/pr/src/md/unix' make[4]: *** [export] Error 2 make[4]: Leaving directory `/mnt/d/rpm/BUILD/mozilla/nsprpub/pr/src/md' make[3]: *** [export] Error 2 make[3]: Leaving directory `/mnt/d/rpm/BUILD/mozilla/nsprpub/pr/src' make[2]: *** [export] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/mnt/d/rpm/BUILD/mozilla/nsprpub/pr' make[1]: *** [export] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/mnt/d/rpm/BUILD/mozilla/nsprpub' make: *** [export] Error 2 I am using lesstif version 0.85 Updated by Alex Tomlins (apdt97@doc.ic.ac.uk) on Friday, August 14, 1998 2:02:00 AM PDT Additional Details : This error has now been sorted, but it now comes up with an error, saying it cannot execute cc1plus I have GNU make 3.76.1 and GCC version egcs-2.90.27 (egcs-1.0.2 release) thanks Alex

Reassigning this bug to Wan-Teh Chang.

On Red Hat 5.1, you need to set the environment variable USE_PTHREADS to 1 before you build. In csh, you say: setenv USE_PTHREADS 1 The reason is that I haven't been able to make our user-level threads work on RH 5.1 Sparc, but I can make Mozilla run on pthreads (LinuxThreads). The USE_PTHREADS fix is already checked in. If you use cvs to pull the source, it's already there. If you use the monthly tar file, you will have to wait for the next tar file release.

We found that you need glibc2-2.0.7-25 or later, otherwise the setjmp/longjmp functions don't work on Linux/Sparc. The libraries that came with redhat 5.1 are not new enough, but they are in 5.2. I just added the above comments to nsprpub/pr/include/md/_linux.h (revision 3.19), so you can now build on Red Hat Linux/sparc 5.2, or 5.1 if you specify USE_PTHREADS=1.

marking verified against old code base

NSPR now has its own Bugzilla product. Moving this bug to the NSPR product.