Check sqlite-2.8.15.ebuild, I've added a fix for some bus error on hppa. I think sparc is affected too. To check if a already installed version if affected, just start sqlite and run "select sum(1));" If it b0rk, you may consider adding some "use sparc" in the ebuild =)
Here is what I get on sparc: Mon Oct 11 22:39:09 2004 --> dev-db/sqlite-2.8.15 ferris@terciopelo:~/Packages/SNAKES/Snakes [331]% sqlite -version 2.8.15 ferris@terciopelo:~/Packages/SNAKES/Snakes [332]% sqlite SQLite version 2.8.15 Enter ".help" for instructions sqlite> select sum(1); 1 sqlite> select sum(1)); SQL error: near ")": syntax error sqlite> .quit ======================== ferris@terciopelo:~/Packages/SNAKES/Snakes [337]% sqlite Snakes SQLite version 2.8.15 Enter ".help" for instructions sqlite> select * from Inventory order by hatch; 2|Yig|Antaresia maculosa|M|2001-08-15|2003-01-12|LLL Reptiles 3|Abby|Antaresia maculosa|F|2002-07-02|2003-02-04|Bob Clark 1|Lilith|Antaresia maculosa|F|2002-07-04|2002-07-10|Bob Clark sqlite> .quit ferris@terciopelo:~/Packages/SNAKES/Snakes [338]% ============================ Which all seems normal. I am reassigning this to myself; if I am missing something, please provide a little more information. I'll look at the patch later, but your example (select sum(1);) has no problems. Nor does data base creation and inquiry for me. Regards, Ferris
Oops sorry for the typo in the test case. As I said, I was not sure that sparc was affected by this. If it's not, please mark this bug as invalid and excuse me for the noise.
A little experimentation indicates that the compiler should always align the structure Mem correctly for memcpy (which I suppose is where the fault comes from) on sparc. If you come up with an instance in which sqlite fails on the structure in question, please reopen with an example. Sometimes sparc needs a little help with alignment to avoid Bus errors, but this does not seem to present such a case.
