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Date:      Sun, 6 Jan 2013 17:03:32 +0100
From:      Stefan Farfeleder <stefanf@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Dimitry Andric <dim@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: clang 3.2 RC2 miscompiles libgcc?
Message-ID:  <20130106160331.GB1418@mole.fafoe.narf.at>
In-Reply-To: <50E9916F.3040500@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <20121227150724.GA1431@mole.fafoe.narf.at> <50DC65F5.6060004@freebsd.org> <50E0BD66.4070609@FreeBSD.org> <20130102135950.GA1464@mole.fafoe.narf.at> <20130104154940.GD1430@mole.fafoe.narf.at> <20130106141708.GA1418@mole.fafoe.narf.at> <50E9916F.3040500@FreeBSD.org>

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On Sun, Jan 06, 2013 at 03:59:59PM +0100, Dimitry Andric wrote:
> On 2013-01-06 15:17, Stefan Farfeleder wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 04, 2013 at 04:49:41PM +0100, Stefan Farfeleder wrote:
> >> Here's a minimal test case that reproduces the bug:
> > [...]
> >
> > Until someone fixes this bug, could we apply something like this as a
> > work-around?
> >
> > Stefan
> >
> > Index: gnu/lib/libgcc/Makefile
> > ===================================================================
> > --- gnu/lib/libgcc/Makefile	(revision 245055)
> > +++ gnu/lib/libgcc/Makefile	(working copy)
> > @@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
> >   SHLIB_NAME=	libgcc_s.so.1
> >   SHLIBDIR?=	/lib
> >
> > +CC=	gcc
> > +
> >   .include <bsd.own.mk>
> 
> I think this is a bit overkill approach.  We still don't know what the
> exact cause of the problem is, and this just papers over it.

It seems unwise to install a known-to-be-broken libgcc by default, even
though the exact cause is not known yet.

> Also, ince the bug is only reproducible by compiling the testcase with
> g++, could you not compile your crashing programs with clang instead,
> for now?  :-)

The bug also affects ports software, e.g., I also experienced strange
rtorrent segfaults that are now gone.

Stefan



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