[Vm-dev] patch: fix double alignment detection on Solaris/SPARC with gcc-4.4.x

[David T. Lewis]

On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 08:14:34PM +0200, Andrew Gaylard wrote:
>  
> On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 5:05 AM, Ian Piumarta<piumarta at speakeasy.net> wrote:
> > On Jul 30, 2009, at 7:47 PM, David T. Lewis wrote:
> >
> >> Ian,
> >> There is a patch for platforms/unix/config/acinclude.m4 at the end of this
> >> email that addresses an issue for newer GCCs on SPARC. When you get a
> >> chance,
> >> can you please update the acinclude.m4 and do a make configure?
> >
> > I already did.
> 
> Ian & David,
> 
> Thanks a lot for adding this patch to the tree so quickly.
> I have several other patches which we rely on to fix various
> issues, including:
> 
> - building on Solaris
> - using sound on Solaris
> - setting the X bitmap icon
> - pasting from the clipboard
> - changing the signal-handling code from signal() to sigaction()
> 
> The latter three are useful on both Solaris and Linux.
> 
> Would it be possible to get these patches into the tree too?
> 
> I've submitted them over the years, but there's been no feedback
> whether or not they're the right fixes for these various problems.

Hi Andrew,

Ian can answer with respect to added the patches, but from my point
of view can I suggest that you add an issue on the Mantis bug tracking
system (http://bugs.squeak.org) and attach your patches there. Use
bug category "VM".

This won't guarantee anything getting done, but it does guarantee
that we will not lose your work. Patches posted to the list do have
a tendency to get lost in the ether sometimes.

Dave