Building Mozilla on an ARM Linux box fails (tested on Corel NetWinder). The file mozilla/nsprpub/pr/include/md/_linux.h does not contain the definitions for _MD_GET_SP, _MD_SET_FP, etc. Also, gcc on ARM Linux defines, by default, characters as unsigned, while an explicit manifest for all Linux platforms defines HAVE_SIGNED_CHAR. So, either the manifest must be undefined or an explicit compilation flag must be added. The enclosed file contains the changes to make the build work (I also added extra flags for C++ to overcome a current limitation of NetWinder standard libraries - they shouldn't hurt, assumed Mozilla does not use C++ exceptions and rtti, but they can be removed when these libraries get fixed). With these changes Mozilla correctly builds on NetWinder using LessTif. moz-export crashes while loading, but mozilla-export start and can be used for a while (then it crashes or hung the system).

Adding wtc@netscape.com. We just got a NetWinder! So we can test this stuff. Thanks. marking assigned.

In order to build on NetWinder you also need to apply the fix for bug #881 (standard I/O files are not constant in glibc). Also, to build with LessTif (and w/out the static version of the library - that didn't seem to get built) you need the fix for bug #887. I have more notes about building on NetWinder at http://www.netwinder.org/~raff/

Hi Raff, I applied your patch to mozilla/nsprpub, and now our emulated threads work! Thanks! I was unable to make them work. If you are interested, you can attempt a pthreads-based build by setting the environment variable USE_PTHREADS to 1. Your stderr fix is a good one. We should never assume stderr is a constant that can be used in a static initializer.

is this fixed ? -re

I only applied the nsprpub portion of the patch.

Setting all current Open/Normal to M4.

Old bug...raff...can this be Verified now?

isn't this fixed?

All fixed...yes?

rickg moved this to M7. So I figure it is not fixed.

Reassigning to briano.

I'm assuming this is fixed. Up until xpcom/libxpt went into the code, I was building successfully on sidewinder: http://cvs-mirror.mozilla.org/webtools/tinderbox/showlog.cgi?tree=SeaMonkey-Ports Closing the bug.

Rubber-stamping as verified.