Hi Bob, On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 08:25:21AM -0500, Bob Tracy wrote: > On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 01:45:41AM -0500, Bob Tracy wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 10:35:10AM -0500, Bob Tracy wrote: > > > I finished the "no debug, no optimization" build last night, but haven't > > > had a chance to try it yet.
> > Well, crud... I ended up with something that wasn't quite a debug > > build, but wasn't quite "no debug" either. > > (... waiting on new build ...) > Done! The "no debug, no optimization" build works like a champ. Looks > like the gcc/g++-4.2.4-3 optimizer has issues, as does > ld-2.18.0.20080103 (the default "relax" option). > Steve L.: if you're still following this thread, opening bugs against > binutils, gcc, and g++ with "Repeat by: build firefox-3.0.3..." is > pretty much guaranteed to be ignored. Even worse, it's fairly certain > all these are upstream issues, not specific to Debian. Any advice as > to how to proceed? Current thought is to notify the applicable Debian > package maintainers, make sure they understand the problem, then let > them push it upstream as appropriate... Eric Dorland and Mike Hommey > (iceweasel package maintainers) are likely aware of the Alpha build > issues, or at least would understand them well enough to deal > effectively with the upstream people, yes? I would start by filing bugs against the Debian gcc-4.3 and binutils packages; the toolchain maintainers should be able to help guide you through the process of getting a test case that can be submitted upstream. If you've found a compiler bug, you'll probably be asked to test with gcc-snapshot as well. The -Wl,--relax issue is one I'm well aware of, and I think that default should be reverted in binutils because it's unreliable, but I've never gotten around to filing a bug report for it. It's possible that fixing this would also fix the longstanding issues with modules on SMP kernels... -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]