Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 08:28:25 -0600 From: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no> Cc: FreeBSD Tinderbox <tinderbox@freebsd.org>, Matteo Riondato <matteo@freebsd.org>, i386@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: [head tinderbox] failure on i386/i386 Message-ID: <460BCD09.9030409@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <86wt10qyqw.fsf@dwp.des.no> References: <20070323212254.54F7D73039@freebsd-current.sentex.ca> <20070323214145.GA3822@krapfengeist> <46044D6C.1070304@samsco.org> <86648lsmmu.fsf@dwp.des.no> <20070328181335.GA24652@xor.obsecurity.org> <86wt10qyqw.fsf@dwp.des.no>
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Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: > Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> writes: >> On Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 12:11:53PM +0200, Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav wrote: >>> No, the tinderbox just uses -O2 (which implies -fno-strict-aliasing). >> No, it implies -fstrict-aliasing, > > Sorry, typo on my part. I meant what you said. > >> which is why the tinderbox often breaks on code that was tested 100% >> correctly by the committer prior to running with your nonstandard >> flags ;) > > The code was obviously not tested 100% correctly, as the C standard > forbids aliasing. Unfortunately, there are people in this project who > systematically oppose any attempt to improve code quality, especially > when it comes to their own code, and they have succeeded to the extent > that not only is -O2 not the default, but the kernel build system is > even instrumented to prevent its full use. > > DES I think you need to chill out quite a bit and stop assuming that people are incompetent and out to get you. Scott
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