> I tested systemtap on latest ubuntu16.04 ,make check error and other failures are not yet fixed.
it works fine for me, although i'm on x86 so you may be seeing a ppc64-specific failure?
# uname -a Linux systemtap 4.4.0-17-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP Tue Mar 29 17:17:28 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
# dpkg -l systemtap ... ii systemtap 2.9-2ubuntu2 amd64 instrumentation system for Linux
# pull-lp-source systemtap xenial ...
# ls systemtap*dsc systemtap_2.9-2ubuntu2.dsc # cd systemtap-2.9 # ./configure # make check ...
completes successfully.
> I tested systemtap on latest ubuntu16.04 ,make check error and other failures are not yet fixed.
it works fine for me, although i'm on x86 so you may be seeing a ppc64-specific failure?
# uname -a
Linux systemtap 4.4.0-17-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP Tue Mar 29 17:17:28 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
# dpkg -l systemtap
...
ii systemtap 2.9-2ubuntu2 amd64 instrumentation system for Linux
# pull-lp-source systemtap xenial
...
# ls systemtap*dsc 2.9-2ubuntu2. dsc
systemtap_
# cd systemtap-2.9
# ./configure
# make check
...
completes successfully.