Re: Sparc64 Ports Problems

[Artur Grabowski <art@blahonga.org>]

satadru@umich.edu writes:

> I seem to be having a bit of trouble with getting several ports to
> work properly on an Ultra10 with OpenBSD 3.2/sparc64 on it.
> 
> Multiple ports seem to compile & install fine, yet do not work at
> all. They range from gaim, which quits shortly after starting up,
> (both .59-2 & .59-5), to more complex programs like evolution and
> abiword.  Evolution refuses to start, and abiword comes up with a
> blank interface.  Should I be using a particular window manager?
> These are all gnome programs.

My guess would be that they are not entirely 64-bit clean (no, stuff
that works on alpha isn't necessarily 64-bit clean), or that they are
running into bugs in gcc. Are those ports built with gcc 3.2? Can you
try to build them with it and see if that helps?

//Art