On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 2:30 PM, Rafał Miłecki <zaj...@gmail.com> wrote:
> If you take a look at toolchain/gcc/common.mk you will see that in
> case of using Linaro 4.6 gcc we use 4.6-2012.12 which is a bit
> outdated.
>
> It can cause crashes and stability problems, as this gcc is known to
> generate bugged code under some conditions:
> http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=58092
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/gcc-linaro/+bug/1209171
>
> So if we have to use 4.6 Linaro gcc, please update to 4.6-2013.05
> which contain fix for above MIPS problem.

Updating gcc tend to not only fix bugs, but also introduce new ones,
so we usually avoid updating them unless there is a serious issue that
is being fixed by updating it (especially arm tends to break). I'll
try to test if the new version doesn't break, but I can't promise
anything fast.


Jonas

P.S: Haven't seen you in IRC since a while ;-)
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