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Re: libgcj signal handling problem
Cesar Eduardo Barros writes:
>
> I applied the patch to the Debian sources of the version I was using
> (gcc-3.3_3.3.1ds0-0pre0, which seems to be a gcc snapshot of 20030626)
> and recompiled it. I had to fix the file manually after applying the
> patch (it got confused by the fact that the variable declarations were
> outside the functions), but it compiled fine.
>
> After installing the fixed libgcj4 package, the testcase I attached in a
> previous email worked fine. It didn't break anything on 2.4.20 (both the
> testcase and iRATE (irate.sf.net) still work fine). And the testcase
> which originally discovered the bug (jakarta commons lang's) now runs
> without crashing (4 failures, I'll look at it later).
>
> So, I can say the patch fixes the bug and does not seem to break
> anything.
>
> I will send tomorrow a pointer to the patch to the Debian BTS to make
> sure it gets in the next Debian package (so I don't have to recompile
> anything).
Excellent. I am most grateful for your help in this matter.
Andrew.