> I the case of the current x86 breakage, the only problem I've been aware > of was an internal report from bkoz that bootstrap was breaking on > x86_64 (with no other details). Meanwhile my bootstraps were running > fine. It wasn't until HJ's autotester reported the key > "--disable-checking" configury bits that we were able to confirm a > problem and start the real process of diagnosing what went wrong.
No, this isn't what happened, see the audit trail of PR48403. This was a big breakage. --disable-checking had nothing to do with the problem either. -- Eric Botcazou