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  • From: "Andraž 'ruskie' Levstik" <ruskie AT codemages.net>
  • To: <sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] GCC 4.3 not quite ready for primetime
  • Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:36:37 +0200

On 19:18:10 2008-04-11 Treeve Jelbert <treeve AT scarlet.be> wrote:
> On Friday 11 April 2008 18:46:45 David Kowis wrote:
> > Lots of things don't build. The kernel doesn't build for Christ's
> > sake! It's definitely not quite ready for the test grimoire as lots of
> > spells die. I can't even get through a complete rebuild.
> > CPIO doesn't build in gcc 4.3
> > the kernel doesn't build in gcc 4.3
> >
> > That's like 2 out of 20. So that's like 10% of our spells won't build
> > on gcc 4.3. And I haven't even gotten into kde stuff yet.
> >
> I have been using gcc-4.3.0 since March 14 and have compiled about 130
> spells in that time.
>
> qt4 and all the kde4 stuff builds ok, also parts of gnome and gtk+2.
>
> the only problem I am aware of is xine-lib
> h264dsp_mmx.c: In function 'h264_h_loop_filter_luma_mmx2':
> dsputil_mmx.c:636: error: can't find a register in class 'GENERAL_REGS'
> while reloading 'asm'
> dsputil_mmx.c:636: error: 'asm' operand has impossible constraints
>

probably missing a register i.e. -fPIC -DPIC eats one or
-fomit-frame-pointer frees one up...

> > I know it's the test grimoire, but this is ridiculous. This is fodder
> > for the devel grimoire.
> > Stuff in test is supposed to work for the most part. I suppose you
> > could define that 10% of spells failing is not the most part, but when
> > you can't even compile a kernel using that gcc, that's pathetic.
>
>
> --
> Regards, Treeve
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