Re: Fixing guile2 on powerpc

make clean=all
make DEBUG="-O0 -g" install

Gdb in base is old and doesn't work too well - use a newer one from
packages: pkg_add gdb and use the "egdb" command.

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On 5 December 2019 01:15:09 Matthew Hull <castersupmode@verizon.net> wrote:

> Hello Everyone,
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> I'm interested in guile2 (because I do some programming in Scheme) and
> powerpc because I have a Mac Mini G4 with OpenBSD 6.5 installed.
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> The package is marked broken for powerpc, but I commented out that line
> in the Makefile and did a "make install" (see "make-install_msgs.gz"
> attached) to see if there was perhaps an easy fix.?? It appears to be not
> obvious (to me anyway).
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> I used gdb for the first time here so I didn't really know what I was
> doing.?? I guessed at the executable that supposedly created the core
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> I have also included the output of dmesg (see "dmesg_output" attached)
> for details about the build hardware environment.
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> I'd be glad of any advice the community might have.?? I'm reliably
> informed that the gdb backtrace could be "emitting bogons" as there seem
> to be no symbol tables, and I'm not even positive I've identified the
> correct binary executable.
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> Does the default make in include "-g" or "-ggdb" flags??? Would a build
> with -O0 -ggdb be a practical debugging option??? If so, how could those
> flags be propagated "from the top"?
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> Thanks for any advise or pointers on possibly fixing this package.
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> Regards,
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> Matt
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> castersupmode@verizon.net