On Thu, Dec 20, 2001 at 06:47:17PM +0100, Matthias Klose wrote: > Is this a problem, that you can work around using g++-3.0 on mips? I > see the menu package up to date for mips. just wanting to reduce the > severity of the report from `grave' to `important'. Building with g++-3.0 fixes the problem - at least for the menu package. But I don't know if switching to g++-3.0 as default c++ compiler for mips is a good idea, since I have not used it much yet. -- Guido
> > > On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 03:29:31AM +0000, Colin Watson wrote: > > > On Mon, 26 Nov 2001 at 19:01:21 +0100, Guido Guenther wrote: > > > > This bug is triggered by a problem with C++ exception handling on > > > > mips. So not a bug in menu itself but rather in g++-2.95.4 > > > > > > So can this bug be reassigned to g++? > > Yes. Discussion is at: > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-mips/2001/debian-mips-200111/msg00090.html > > Guido Guenther writes: > > On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 01:47:55PM -0500, Christopher C. Chimelis wrote: > > > > > > On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Guido Guenther wrote: > > > > > > > Could you check the source code if these packages crash while messing > > > > with C++ exceptions? I just had a quick look into the menu package and > > > > it seems that C++ exception handling is broken on mips using > > > > g++-2.95.4. > > > > A testcase like: > > > > > > > > #include <iostream.h> > > > > #include <string> > > > > > > > > class ferror_open { > > > > int a; > > > > public: > > > > ferror_open():a(2){}; > > > > int message(){ > > > > return a; > > > > }; > > > > }; > > > > > > > > int main() > > > > { > > > > try { > > > > throw ferror_open(); > > > > } catch(ferror_open d){ cout << d.message() << endl;}; > > > > } > > > > > > Thanks for the testcase. I meant to make one when alpha started having EH > > > problems awhile back, but never got to it....Matthias, I believe this one > > > will also catch the case that I saw on alpha. > > > > Interesting enough the program works as expected when compiled with > > -static like "g++ -ggdb -o throw-2.95 throw.cc" (linker bug?) > > -- Guido > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- This kind of limitation can lead administrators to do irrational things, like install Windows. Clearly a fix was required. (lwn.net)
