'make check' fails on PPC64

[Fuzzy Logic]

So, I ask again, Torbjorn. Does this sound like a compiler bug, a
configure bug, or "other"?

Fuzzy

On 1/25/07, Fuzzy Logic <fuzzymo at gmail.com> wrote:
> I obtained the 4.2.1 version of GMP source from
> http://www.swox.com/gmp/, and it passed MD5 check.
>
> './configure' worked fine with no options
> 'make' worked fine
> 'make check' failed 2 of 9:
>
> PASS: t-bswap
> PASS: t-constants
> PASS: t-count_zeros
> PASS: t-gmpmax
> PASS: t-hightomask
> PASS: t-modlinv
> FAIL: t-popc
> PASS: t-parity
> FAIL: t-sub
> ==================================
> 2 of 9 tests failed
>
> I passed no parameters to ./configure, taking all the defaults.
>
> gcc -v returns:
> Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/powerpc-suse-linux/3.3.3/specs
> Configured with: ../configure --enable-threads=posix --prefix=/usr
> --with-local-prefix=/usr/local --infodir=/usr/share/info
> --mandir=/usr/share/man --enable-languages=c,c++,f77,objc,java,ada
> --disable-checking --libdir=/usr/lib --enable-libgcj
> --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/g++ --with-slibdir=/lib
> --with-system-zlib --enable-shared --enable-__cxa_atexit
> --host=powerpc-suse-linux --build=powerpc-suse-linux
> --target=powerpc-suse-linux --enable-targets=powerpc64-suse-linux
> --enable-biarch
> Thread model: posix
> gcc version 3.3.3 (SuSE Linux)
>
> uname -a returns:
> Linux xcrypto 2.6.5-7.191-pseries64 #1 SMP Tue Jun 28 14:58:56 UTC
> 2005 ppc64 ppc64 ppc64 GNU/Linux
>
> ./config.guess returns:
> powerpc64-unknown-linux-gnu
>
> ./configfsf.guess returns:
> powerpc64-unknown-linux-gnu
>
> Reading Section 2.5 of the manual seemed to imply that gcc 3.3.3 was
> okay, and Section 2.4 seemed to imply that powerpc64 was the right
> choice. I searched the list archives and I don't see anyone else with
> the same problem.
>
> Has anyone else seen this same problem?
>
> Fuzzy
>


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