glib2 ppc64 configure fails on check for res_query

[ealaney]

Port glib2 (v 2.28.8) on Tiger 10.4.11 PPC using arch ppc64 fails during the configure phase. The main.log contains ":info:configure checking for res_query... configure: error: not found".

Reproducible: always
Steps to reproduce: port install glib2 (or a package that requires it)
Result: Error: Failed to install glib2
Expected result: successful install

[ealaney]

glib2 2.28.8 main.log

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Building 64-bit on Tiger is problematic in general and I advise you not to do it.

Building 64-bit on PowerPC isn't particularly useful unless you need to access more than 4GB of memory from a single program.

Building glib2 64-bit on PowerPC has already been reported not to work in #31221 it's a different error message and there is a patch there; does that help this issue as well? I don't have a G5 to test this with.

[ealaney]

I took your advice and switched my arch to 32-bit ppc instead of ppc64, as this is my web development box and shouldn't need to access that much memory in a single process. This resolved my problem.

Many thanks.

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

Unify powerpc keywords.

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

Is this still a problem? Even if it is, is there any point leaving this open?

[ealaney]

No point in leaving this open. I thought it was long closed by now.