Bug#322723: 'ip route' kernel problem w/ gcc-4.0

[Matthias Klose <doko@cs.tu-berlin.de>]

severity 322723 important
thanks

there's a workaround, and gcc-3.4 is known to work as well. Is there
any reason to use gcc-4.0 for kernel builds on all architectures?


Frans Pop writes:
> I've reassigned this bug from the kernel to gcc-4.0 as we feel that the 
> solution chosen in the kernel packaging is not really a fix, but a 
> workaround.
> As tests have shown that the problem does not exist when the same kernel 
> is compiled with gcc-3.3, the real bug is likely in gcc-4.0.
> 
> I've "found" the bug for 4.0.1-3 after looking at the dates for relevant 
> uploads, but as uploads were quite frequent, I could be off by a version 
> either way.
> 
> Please see the bug history for details.
> 
> Cheers,
> FJP