On 23 Feb 2001, at 11:43, Chemolli Francesco (USI) <ChemolliF@GruppoCredit.it> wrote:
> There is a bug in gcc version egcs-2.91.66 which under certain
> conditions can cause the NTLMSSP helper to fail with with a
> segmentation violation or illegal instruction error.
> For our fellow gurus: should we enable some workaround via
> configure, should we try to work around the gcc bug by
> changing the code, should we put some warning in the
> INSTALL file or something else?
detect the gcc bug and refuse to compile, forcing users to
upgrade gcc?
I also think we should't try to work around compiler bugs,
unless there is no other option.
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Andres Kroonmaa <andre@online.ee>
CTO, Delfi Online
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Received on Fri Feb 23 2001 - 04:17:28 MST
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