Parrot 4.3.0 build failure on ia64

Alessandro Ghedini al3xbio at gmail.com
Sun Jun 10 11:00:36 UTC 2012


Hi all,

Parrot 4.3.0 failed (twice) to build on Debian's ia64 buildd [0] with the error:

> ./parrot-nqp --target=pir --output=compilers/opsc/gen/Ops/Emitter.pir compilers/opsc/src/Ops/Emitter.pm
> get_pointer() not implemented in class 'String'
> current instr.: 'parrot;PAST;Compiler;post_children' pc 2489 (compilers/pct/src/PAST/Compiler.pir:508)
> called from Sub 'parrot;PAST;Compiler;as_post' pc 3172 (compilers/pct/src/PAST/Compiler.pir:773)
> called from Sub 'parrot;PAST;Compiler;as_post' pc 3275 (compilers/pct/src/PAST/Compiler.pir:821)
> called from Sub 'parrot;PAST;Compiler;post_children' pc 2595 (compilers/pct/src/PAST/Compiler.pir:553)
> called from Sub 'parrot;PAST;Compiler;as_post' pc 3172 (compilers/pct/src/PAST/Compiler.pir:773)
> called from Sub 'parrot;PAST;Compiler;post_children' pc 2595 (compilers/pct/src/PAST/Compiler.pir:553)
> called from Sub 'parrot;PAST;Compiler;pirop' pc 5280 (compilers/pct/src/PAST/Compiler.pir:1388)
> called from Sub 'parrot;PAST;Compiler;post_children' pc 2595 (compilers/pct/src/PAST/Compiler.pir:553)
> called from Sub 'parrot;PAST;Compiler;as_post' pc 4565 (compilers/pct/src/PAST/Compiler.pir:1176)
> called from Sub 'parrot;PAST;Compiler;post_children' pc 2595 (compilers/pct/src/PAST/Compiler.pir:553)
> called from Sub 'parrot;PAST;Compiler;as_post' pc 3172 (compilers/pct/src/PAST/Compiler.pir:773)
> called from Sub 'parrot;PAST;Compiler;as_post' pc 3275 (compilers/pct/src/PAST/Compiler.pir:821)
> called from Sub 'parrot;PAST;Compiler;post_children' pc 2595 (compilers/pct/src/PAST/Compiler.pir:553)
> called from Sub 'parrot;PAST;Compiler;as_post' pc 3172 (compilers/pct/src/PAST/Compiler.pir:773)
> called from Sub 'parrot;PAST;Compiler;post_children' pc 2595 (compilers/pct/src/PAST/Compiler.pir:553)
> called from Sub 'parrot;PAST;Compiler;pirop' pc 5280 (compilers/pct/src/PAST/Compiler.pir:1388)
> called from Sub 'parrot;PAST;Compiler;post_children' pc 2595 (compilers/pct/src/PAST/Compiler.pir:553)
> called from Sub 'parrot;PAST;Compiler;as_post' pc 4565 (compilers/pct/src/PAST/Compiler.pir:1176)
> called from Sub 'parrot;PAST;Compiler;to_post' pc 1931 (compilers/pct/src/PAST/Compiler.pir:215)
> called from Sub 'parrot;PCT;HLLCompiler;compile' pc 464 (compilers/pct/src/PCT/HLLCompiler.pir:331)
> called from Sub 'parrot;HLL;Compiler;eval' pc 24537 (ext/nqp-rx/src/stage0/HLL-s0.pir:8848)
> called from Sub 'parrot;PCT;HLLCompiler;evalfiles' pc 1501 (compilers/pct/src/PCT/HLLCompiler.pir:764)
> called from Sub 'parrot;PCT;HLLCompiler;command_line' pc 1726 (compilers/pct/src/PCT/HLLCompiler.pir:879)
> called from Sub 'parrot;NQP;Compiler;main' pc 92462 (ext/nqp-rx/src/stage0/NQP-s0.pir:28374)
> make[1]: *** [compilers/opsc/gen/Ops/Emitter.pir] Error 1

The problem here is that I cannot reproduce the failure on Debian's ia64
porterbox. Is anyone able to reliably reproduce it or is aware of any change
between 4.0.0 and 4.3.0 that may be causing this?

Cheers

[0] https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=parrot&arch=ia64&ver=4.3.0-1&stamp=1339321350

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