https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-texinfo/2023-11/msg00000.html
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-texinfo/2023-11/msg00016.html
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-texinfo/2023-11/msg00073.html
From 81a854e22ca2449f2351436a863e5262935f5dc0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gavin Smith
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2023 18:43:40 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 4/5] * tp/Texinfo/XS/parsetexi/tree.c (reset_obstacks): Call
obstack_alignment_mask to use 8-byte alignment. Needed for Debian on
sparc64. Report of "Bus error" from John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
.
---
ChangeLog | 7 +++++++
tp/Texinfo/XS/parsetexi/tree.c | 7 ++++++-
2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index efbb3b22d1..a146820671 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2023-11-13 Gavin Smith
+
+ * tp/Texinfo/XS/parsetexi/tree.c (reset_obstacks):
+ Call obstack_alignment_mask to use 8-byte alignment. Needed
+ for Debian on sparc64. Report of "Bus error" from
+ John Paul Adrian Glaubitz .
+
2023-11-04 Gavin Smith
* info/scan.c (write_tag_contents): Check if added text is of
diff --git a/tp/Texinfo/XS/parsetexi/tree.c b/tp/Texinfo/XS/parsetexi/tree.c
index f2d69e0454..09db6fc151 100644
--- a/tp/Texinfo/XS/parsetexi/tree.c
+++ b/tp/Texinfo/XS/parsetexi/tree.c
@@ -43,7 +43,12 @@ reset_obstacks (void)
if (obs_element_first)
obstack_free (&obs_element, obs_element_first);
else
- obstack_init (&obs_element);
+ {
+ /* Specify 8-byte alignment. Needed for SPARC. */
+ obstack_alignment_mask (&obs_element) = 7;
+
+ obstack_init (&obs_element);
+ }
obs_element_first = obstack_alloc (&obs_element, sizeof (int));
}
--
2.42.1