[Debian-med-packaging] Bug#828209: Bug#828209: Bug#828209: libssw: FTBFS on non-SSE architectures

[Sascha Steinbiss]

Hi Aaron,

> My expectation ws that depending on the processor's capabilities, this
> code would either succeed (on reasonably modern processors) or fail with
> SIGILL (Illegal instruction).  In general, i386 binaries should be able
> to use modern processor features on suitable hardware; GCC just makes a
> point of conservatively targeting the lowest common denominator unless
> specifically directed otherwise.
> 
> However, I was able to reproduce the segfault on a system of my own that
> definitely supports these instructions, so I'm not sure what's up --
> particularly given that the x32 build ran into no such trouble, and that
> -Wall yielded no warnings whatsoever.  As such, perhaps you should just
> give up on any-i386 after all.

OK, thanks for the detailed explanation. I have re-uploaded the package
with restricted architectures.

Best
Sascha


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