On Thu, Nov 22, 2007 at 08:52:09AM +0300, Nikita V. Youshchenko wrote: > > > > Today I saw a thread on the linux-kernel list [1] about a gcc compilation > > issue that affects _all_ gcc versions in Debian after gcc-2.95. > > I've filed bugs reports: > > #452108 (gcc-4.2); #452113 (gcc-4.1); #452114 (gcc-3.3); #452115 (gcc-3.4) > > > > The issue is that in some cases a negative const before an abs() function > > will be brought _inside_ the abs() function and will thus be converted to > > a positive. > > I think this should be fixed in stable as well. And probably even in > oldstable. > Miscompilation is BAD thing ...
You sound like this would be the first miscompilation bug in gcc in a long time. I think we actually have several of them in each gcc version at any time. They are usually not architecture-independent like this one though. Gruesse, -- Frank Lichtenheld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> www: http://www.djpig.de/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
