[ft-devel] Re: mkfontscale - illegal instruction bug (PPC again)

[Clemens Koller]

Hello, Christian!

Please remember that you compile the right freetype2 libraries
with -fno-strict-aliasing and make sure that X links against
them. There seem to be X packages which have their own freetype
sources/libs included...
The problem itself is not in mkfontscale.

For me, the -fno-strict-aliasing seems to solve the
problem or at least the illegal instruction bug.
In my point of view is this just a workaround for
some code problems there.

Did you try the latest CVS? What CPU do you have in your
Machine? I ran into troubles generating the configure
scripts. So, please try building the latest CVS, and post
some feedback to the list.

Greets,

Clemens


Christian Urban wrote:
> Dear Clemens,
>
> I am running into the same problem on PPC with the
> illegal instruction in mkfontscale. I have tried
> a number of things, like making sure that gcc gets
> the -fno-strict-aliasing option. But so far without
> success. It seems you are the person who tracks this
> bug. What is the latest to work around this bug.
>
> Many, many thanks and best wishes,
>
> Christian