[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#921625: Bug#921625: node-gyp install fails

[Jérémy Lal]

Le jeu. 7 févr. 2019 à 15:30, tpikonen <tpikonen at gmail.com> a écrit :

>
>
> On Thu, Feb 7, 2019 at 3:43 PM, Jérémy Lal <kapouer at melix.org> wrote:
> >> > I believe node on i686 is not supported and will segfault.
> >>
> >> Do you mean node-gyp? At least nodejs.org offers x86 downloads of
> >> node
> >> itself.
> >
> > No, i meant nodejs.
> > The debian package of nodejs, to be able to run on i686, need SSE2
> > (at least)
> > which wasn't in the default set of features for the debian i386 port
> > (last time i checked),
> > and the v8 x87 port that would have allowed that has been abandonned
> > upstream
> > some years ago.
> > Upstream nodejs is certainly using the "correct set of requirements",
> > which unfortunately
> > does not always match the "set of features" of a given debian port.
> > What exact CPU you're using might give more or less good results...
>
> I see.
>
> This has nothing to do with this bug anymore, but is there any way to
> get node working on Debian with a relatively recent i686 processor? (I
> have SSE2 in my HW, for example, and I get a segfault) If not, what is
> the point of Debian i386 node packages?
>

Oh ! My mistake, I was remembering how old cpu were discarded,
but the current i386 arch is supported all right !
(i have a bit of a headache today).
If you have an issue building a c++ addon, it's something with your
setup, as currently several addons are available and built in debian
(e.g. https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=node-iconv)

Jérémy
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