Bug #506713 in gcc-4.3, which has just been fixed in unstable, results in incorrect code generation in SPARC shared libraries. I identified this as the cause of bug #490999 in kicker, but it presumably affects other shared libraries and will require binNMUs to fix. However, doing a binNMU for every package that builds a shared library would obviously take a lot of buildd time and would likely make a mess of dependencies. I do not know exactly what is the general pattern for the wrongly generated code, but I will try scanning for shared libraries containing the pattern: save %sp, offset1, %sp /* up to 10 instructions */ ld [ %sp + offset2 ], reg where offset1 + offset2 < 0 and reg is any register. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Lowery's Law: If it jams, force it. If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway.
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