Bug 17954 – Please provide non-64bit-int powerpc Perl arch modules

Bug 17954 - Please provide non-64bit-int powerpc Perl arch modules

Summary:

Please provide non-64bit-int powerpc Perl arch modules

Status:	NEW

Product:	Logitech Media Server
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Platform Support
Version:	7.7.2
Platform:	PC Linux (other)

Importance:	-- normal (vote)
Target Milestone:	---
Assigned To:	Unassigned bug - please assign me!

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Reported:	2012-04-17 15:41 UTC by Stuart Hickinbottom
Modified:	2012-04-17 15:41 UTC (History)
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Description Stuart Hickinbottom 2012-04-17 15:41:59 UTC

The current 7.7.2 version of LMS includes support for the following Perl arches:

ls -1 /opt/logitechmediaserver/CPAN/arch/5.12
arm-linux-gnueabi-thread-multi-64int
darwin-thread-multi-2level
i386-linux-thread-multi
i386-linux-thread-multi-64int
powerpc-linux-thread-multi-64int
x86_64-linux-thread-multi

This includes PowerPC support, but only for Perls built with 64bit integer support (-Duse64bitint).

Unfortunately Gentoo Linux doesn't currently support Perl built in this way and therefore it is not possible to run LMS without rebuilding modules.

I maintain the LMS ebuilds for Gentoo and I have previously attempted to maintain Gentoo ebuilds that compile their own modules but this has proved to be impractical over time due to the large number of Perl dependencies involved. Therefore the current Gentoo ebuilds only support installing the binary LMS releases under /opt.

Can I therefore request that future binary tarball releases include PPC builds both with and without 64bit integer support?