Bug#356896: FTBFS with GCC 4.1: test suite failure
* Martin Buck <m@rtin-buck.de> [2006-03-20 10:03]:
> I would have thought that a compiler that miscompiles trivial for loops and
> thus inserts bugs in lots of programs compiled with it is unsuitable for
> release, i.e. severity serious.
I don't know... I compiled >5000 packages and none showed a problem.
Then again, most of them probably don't have a test suite as good as
your package (or a test suite at all); so they might compile and be
broken.
> > Do you have a test case for this error? If it's a different bug/test
> > case, I can try on ARM with 4.1 to see if it's still there.
> Unfortunately, no. On arm, the apcalc testsuite simply segfaulted just as
> with the new gcc 4.1 bug. But since the 4.1 bug causes a segfault very
> early in the testsuite, it will probably hide the gcc 4.0 one.
Once a fixed GCC is out, maybe someone can remind me and I can compile
your package on ARM to see if there are other problems.
--
Martin Michlmayr
http://www.cyrius.com/
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