[Pkg-parrot-devel] Parrot 4.3.0 build failure on ia64

[Jonathan "Duke" Leto]

Howdy,

Just for reference, gcc60 and gcc64 in the GCC Compile Farm [0] are both ia64.

I am attempting to build parrot on gcc60 now and will report back with results.

Duke

[0] http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/CompileFarm

On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 5:25 AM, Andrew Whitworth <wknight8111 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On the surface this seems nonsensical. The String PMC does not
> implement the get_pointer VTABLE (as the error message points out) but
> no place inside our build process should be attempting to use it that
> way.
>
> This suggests to me something GC-related. Somewhere a PMC is probably
> not being marked and then the memory is being recycled to allocate a
> String. When we try to call get_pointer on the old reference we get to
> the String PMC and have problems.
>
> Considering that the GC is one of the few places that relies on
> hardware-specific code, and that code is not always well tested, this
> doesn't surprise me.
>
> Do we have any developers knowledgable about IA64 architecture or
> access to a machine for testing?
>
> Thanks,
>
> --Andrew Whitworth
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 7:00 AM, Alessandro Ghedini <al3xbio at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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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>>
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