[MacPorts] #53885: openssl crashes svn on ppc due to asm code in OPENSSL_crypto207_probe ()

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#53885: openssl crashes svn on ppc due to asm code in OPENSSL_crypto207_probe ()
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  Reporter:  kencu    |      Owner:
      Type:  defect   |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal   |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports    |    Version:
Resolution:           |   Keywords:  powerpc
      Port:  openssl  |
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Comment (by kencu):

 There appear to be differences between MacOS versions - 10.5PPC runs the
 crypto207 probe code silently, and the bad instruction error is only noted
 when in the debugger, which is standard expected behaviour when probing
 for the asm instruction.

 on 10.4PPC, it works differently. the crypto207 probe code pops up a
 dialog box indicating an execution error, and writes a backtrace and
 debugging info into CrashReporter for a 'bad instruction' error every
 single time. I suspect this behaviour is not correct based on this
 discussion, and it was "fixed" in OS 10.5.

 So it looks like this "error" can either just be ignored (and I can wipe
 out all the erroneous error logs on 10.4 from time to time) or I could
 patch the probe out on 10.4 if I really wanted to. 10.4 is ancient, and
 not many of us left even try to run it, so not worth more time from you I
 would say. Thanks for helping me understand what's going on.

 I think this ticket can be closed, and the ppc asm code just left in place
 for performance reasons.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/53885#comment:5>
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