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tralph3

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Registered: 2021-04-24

Posts: 30

Redistribute 32bit glibc with the "-mstackrealign" flag

Hi,

I recently encountered an issue playing the Linux version of "Penumbra: Overture". After loading the game, you can play the first level, and then it just crashes. I made a post about it in the r/linux_gaming subreddit, and I've been told that this is caused by a mismatch in the stack alignment between glibc and the game. Apparently, building glibc with the "-mstackrealign" flag would fix this issue, and other issues that other old games may possibly have. I'm not aware if this change would break something else in the distro, but I think it would be good to consider it, and maybe provide it in a separate package?

You can see the reddit post here: https://old.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/c … _overture/

Thanks.

Last edited by tralph3 (2021-10-02 21:17:54)

Slithery

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From: Norfolk, UK

Registered: 2013-12-01

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Re: Redistribute 32bit glibc with the "-mstackrealign" flag

It's already built with that option...
https://github.com/archlinux/svntogit-p … BUILD#L113

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tralph3

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Registered: 2021-04-24

Posts: 30

Re: Redistribute 32bit glibc with the "-mstackrealign" flag

Oh..... well then, I don't know what the cause of this issue is......