Re: amd64(gcc4): aptitude dumps core
On Sat, Jan 15, 2005 at 08:07:35PM +0100, Kurt Roeckx wrote:
> I've let Frederik Schueler run run that test on an dual CPU box
> in a loop. He says that all 120 runs of it were succesful. I
> also tried it many times myself and they all were succesful too.
That's good news.
> If there was a problem, it might have been fixed, or it might not
> have been. If a problem only shows once in a while, it's ussualy
> a timing issue. Building with a different compiler might
> generate different results because of this. I've seen it too
> many times that when rebuild without -O or with gdb attached the
> problems seem to go away. Compilation with a different compiler
> can have the same effect. That does not mean the problem isn't
> there anymore, it just means it's now showing up in the tests you
> do. I doubt in this case gcc-3.4 solved anything.
For that reason I tried different compilation options, and different
versions of gcc, on both platforms, with consistent results. None of
which means anything; without knowing what the problem was it's all a
guess.
Happy computing,
--Pete
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