Log for attempted build of libmath-mpfr-perl_3.17-1 on m68k (dist=unstable)

[Daniel Kahn Gillmor]

On 05/03/2013 08:53 AM, sisyphus1 at optusnet.com.au wrote:

> I don't think the loss of precision is an issue here.
> It isn't a problem on my little-endian machine (which also has 64-bit IV
> and 32-bit mp_prec_t).
> I'm thinking that if, on a big-endian machine, I can re-rarrange the
> byte order of the long long (IV) appropriately, then the 'P' specifier
> should still be able to come up with the right figure.
> And I speculate that the 'return unpack("J>", pack("J<", $_[0]));' will
> perform that re-arrangement correctly.

hm, i'm in the weeds on this one too, but...

> At least, that's what I guess/think/hope .... but I don't have a
> big-endian machine at my disposal, 

this is something i can help with!  Rob, i could set up a powerpc
machine and get you shell access over the network if it would help.  let
me know off-list, and i'll try to take care of it today or tomorrow.

	--dkg

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