Bug#728710: jackd2: Bus error w/ POST_PACKED_STRUCTURE on powerpc G4 32bit

[Adrian Knoth]

On 11/04/13 15:49, Benoît Delcour wrote:

Hi!

> I just got myself a dual Powermac G4 out of a garbage bin,
> and immediately installed debian and jackd2.
> It fails with an obscure "Bus error"; since I also own a raspberry pi,
> I first tried to patch source with the same fix, and it works.
> See "Usage of __attribute__((__packed__)) causes bus error on ARM":

OK, got you.

> Modifiying source to #undef & #define it unconditionnally did the trick.
> Bug report tagged as patch, but I don't know the correct flag.
> I can prepare an actual patch if/when I get the __powerpc__ 32bit-only
> thingy

Did you ever find the correct macro? We're close to a new jackd release
and would include this fix, if necessary (and correct).


Cheers