RESOLVED: Build failure of gmp-6.2.0 on Mac Mini G4

[Justin Hibbits]

On Tue, 26 May 2020 18:41:39 -0700
Charlie Kester <corky1951 at comcast.net> wrote:

> On 5/26/20 6:18 PM, Charlie Kester wrote:
> > On 5/26/20 6:00 PM, Charlie Kester wrote:  
> >> On 5/26/20 5:45 PM, Justin Hibbits wrote:  
> >>> On Tue, 26 May 2020 15:27:46 -0700
> >>> Charlie Kester <corky1951 at comcast.net> wrote:
> >>>  
> >>>> (This is a copy of email sent to the port maintainer.
> >>>> Re-sending to this list in case someone familiar with powerpc
> >>>> has already encountered and resolved this issue.)
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm trying to get FreeBSD running on an old Mac Mini and have
> >>>> hit a snag with this port, which is a dependency of many others.
> >>>>
> >>>> The configure step fails with the following output (I don't have
> >>>> mail running on the mini yet and am typing this on another
> >>>> machine, so please disregard any typos.  blank lines = line
> >>>> breaks in output):
> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> >>>> ===> gmp-6.2.0 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/makeinfo - found  
> >>>>  
> >>>> ===> Configuring for gmp-6.2.0  
> >>>>
> >>>> checking build system type... invalid configuration
> >>>> 'powerpc7447-unknown-freebsd12.1': machine 'powerpc7447-unknown'
> >>>> not recognized
> >>>>
> >>>> configure: error: /bin/sh ./config.sub
> >>>> powerpc7447-unknown-freebsd12.1 failed
> >>>>
> >>>> etc.
> >>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>>> I tried
> >>>> # make configure CONFIGURE_ARGS=--build=powerpc7447
> >>>> and
> >>>> # make configure CONFIGURE_TARGET=powerpc7447
> >>>>
> >>>> Neither worked.  Same failure.
> >>>>
> >>>> Any suggestions on how I can resolve this issue?  
> >>>
> >>> Where do you get powerpc7447?  The arch is 'powerpc', and you
> >>> shouldn't need to set anything for the port. If you want to
> >>> customize for your specific CPU, add the following to
> >>> /etc/make.conf:
> >>>
> >>> CPUTYPE=7450
> >>>  
> >>
> >> I got it from the error message above.  ;-)
> >>
> >> This is a vanilla install using the ISO CD image downloaded
> >> yesterday and installed, followed by a portsnap fetch and portsnap
> >> extract. I haven't made any edits to /etc/make.conf or changed any
> >> other settings.  Expected it to work "out of the box" but for some
> >> reason it doesn't.
> >>
> >> Am I correct in assuming that the 7447 came as a result of the
> >> kernel reading the PVR at some point?  Or is this due to the gmp
> >> port's own attempt to get the processor version in config.guess?
> >> How can I confirm which of 7447 or 7450 is correct?  
> > 
> > sysctl reports hw.model as "Motorola PowerPC 7447A"
> > 
> > So I tried adding CPUTYPE=7447 to /etc/make.conf
> > 
> > cd /usr/ports/math/gmp
> > make distclean
> > make install clean
> > 
> > Same failure as above ("invalid configuration")
> >  
> 
> I was finally able to get this port configured and built with:
> 
> make configure CONFIGURE_ARGS=--build=powerppc
> 
> Should have tried that sooner.  Sorry for the noise.

It's not noise.  If that's required, then the port does need fixed.
The port Makefile might need a "CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--build=${ARCH}", or
something similar.  You can file a PR against it (include the category
in the summary: math/gmp ..., so the automation does its job).

- Justin

> 
> 
> >   -- charlie  
> 
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