----- Renato Botelho <[email protected]> a écrit :
> On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 11:13 AM, Christophe <[email protected]> wrote:
> > ----- Doug Barton <[email protected]> a écrit :
> >> On 6/4/2012 3:23 PM, Dario Niedermann wrote:
> >> > Il 05/06/2012 alle 00:03, Haroldo Santos ha scritto:
> >> >
> >> >> The message
> >> >>
> >> >> actions.c:462: *internal compiler error*: in smallest_mode_for_size, at
> >> >> stor-layout.c:219
> >> >>
> >> >> Indicates that this is a gcc specific bug. As this is an error of an old
> >> >> version I dont know if developers will be motivated to fix it if it does
> >> >> not appears in newer versions.
> >> >
> >> > I thought so, but I was wondering if there was a known workaround that
> >> > could be included in WMaker's code so as to make it more portable.
> >>
> >> This issue will affect FreeBSD as well, since our default compiler is
> >> still 4.2.
> >>
> >> Doug
> >
> > Hi,
> > If you allow me to participate in this discussion, I'd raise the fact that 
> > this probably means that it is time for FreeBSD to switch to a newer 
> > version of gcc? Or at least back-port the fix in the 4.2.4 and propose a 
> > fixed gcc 4.2.5.
> >
> > On the other hand, I had a quick look at the corresponding lines in 
> > wmaker's source but could not find any construct that looked like could be 
> > the cause of the bug. So if you could post the offending line, we could see 
> > what we could consider.
> 
> FreeBSD is moving to clang instead of a new gcc version because
> of the GPLv3 license.
> 
> There is newer gcc versions available on ports collection, but the
> default on src is 4.2.1, the last released under GPLv2, but add this
> as a dependency to build wmaker is not a good idea.
> 
> Regards
> -- 
> Renato Botelho

In this case, let's make this simple: just compile wmaker with llvm/clang! If 
you have issues with clang, I'd be more than happy to help and propose patches!

Regards,
Christophe.


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