Fwd: GCC 3.1/3.1.1/3.2(?) bug

[Neil Booth]

Jason Mancini wrote:-

> 
> I was playing with this for fun...
> 
> The bug only seems to occur if the char arry is
> 64 or more, and a multiple of 4.  (gcc 3.1.1)
> The first 12 bytes [0-11] get toasted.
> 
> /Jason
> 
> ----------  Original Message  ----------
> 
> Just wanted to kick this off to you guys, in case you haven't
> discovered it already.  It appears to affect all versions of gcc
> >=3.1.  The thread about this really starts here:
> 
> http://archive.linuxfromscratch.org/mail-archives/lfs-dev/2002/08/0350.html
> 
> ----------  Forwarded Message  ----------
> 
> Subject: Re: kbd miscompilation - found out why...
> Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 05:30:03 -0500
> From: Kelledin <kelledin+LFS@skarpsey.dyndns.org>
> To: lfs-dev@linuxfromscratch.org
> 
> The good news, i found the problem.
> 
> The bad news, it's a gcc bug. =(

These bugs need to be in GNATS if you want to see them fixed.
Otherwise they get lost.

Neil.