Ticket #3887 (closed defect: fixed)
MC does not exit on Ubuntu PPC64 big endian
| Reported by: | ticketeer | Owned by: | andrew_b |
|---|---|---|---|
| Priority: | major | Milestone: | 4.8.28 |
| Component: | mc-core | Version: | master |
| Keywords: | Ubuntu PowerPC PPC exit | Cc: | |
| Blocked By: | Blocking: | ||
| Branch state: | merged | Votes for changeset: | committed-master |
Description
What version of Midnight Commander is used?
4.8.15
What steps will reproduce the problem?
Install Ubuntu PPC64 big endian on a qemu POWER8 machine or Power Mac G5.
Install the latest MC.
Exit using F10.
What is the expected output?
exit back to shell
What do you see instead?
flashing cursor without shell prompt
Hint: Ubuntu PPC64 big endian POWER8 works
Attachments
Change History
comment:2 Changed 7 years ago by andrew_b
- Status changed from new to closed
- Resolution set to invalid
- Milestone Future Releases deleted
You're using the 2-years old MC.
Current version is 4.8.20. Please upgrade your mc and feel free to reopen this ticket if bug is still actual.
comment:3 Changed 3 years ago by svens
- Status changed from closed to reopened
- Resolution invalid deleted
comment:4 Changed 3 years ago by svens
I had the same problem on HP-PA (also Big endian). The attached patch fixes this. I also sent it to mc-devel.
Changed 3 years ago by svens
- Attachment 0001-fix-endianess-bug-in-handle_console_linux.patch added
proposed patch
comment:5 Changed 3 years ago by andrew_b
- Status changed from reopened to accepted
- Owner set to andrew_b
- Branch state changed from no branch to on review
- Milestone set to 4.8.28
Thanks for idea of the patch!
Branch: 3887_endianness
changeset:7510b193243d160e24911f1af4ccf250e05d8264
comment:6 Changed 3 years ago by andrew_b
- Votes for changeset set to andrew_b
- Branch state changed from on review to approved
comment:7 Changed 3 years ago by andrew_b
- Status changed from accepted to testing
- Votes for changeset changed from andrew_b to committed-master
- Resolution set to fixed
- Branch state changed from approved to merged
Merged to master: [b8262f22e8f465183fa6f0cdb0181e2eaf5d308a].
Ubuntu PP64 little endian works, big endian does not.