[arch-dev-public] Fwd: gcc 4.5 bug - what to do?

[Firmicus]

  On 20/07/2010 23:44, Rémy Oudompheng wrote:
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> From: Rémy Oudompheng<oudomphe at phare.normalesup.org>
> Date: 2010/7/20
> Subject: Re: [arch-dev-public] gcc 4.5 bug - what to do?
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> On 2010/7/20, Firmicus<Firmicus at gmx.net>  wrote:
>>   Hi guys,
>>
>> Yesterday I had bug report on a segfaulting binary for x86_64 that ships
>> with texlive-bin in testing:
>> http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/20199
>> I have reported the bug upstream:
>> https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3031498&group_id=145640&atid=762580
>> and as suspected it turned out to be a bug with gcc 4.5:
>> http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=45008
>>
>> Now this means I have no means to include a working binary of dvisvgm for
>> x86_64 in texlive-bin until that bug is resolved, since I cannot rely on gcc
>> 4.4.x and no patch is available...
> Can't we use the random patch I posted as a follow-up to the bug
> report (until GCC gets fixed...) ?
Ah thanks, I'll look at it. (I had not noticed your patch when I wrote the above). But 
even if it works I'd prefer to ask the dev of dvisvgm first for his expert opinion on this 
patch. I've already asked him actually.

> Another solution would be to use
> clang++ ;)
Given the complexity and the integrated nature of the texlive build environment, that 
would probably be hard to achieve locally. A cleaner approach would be to (temporarily) 
package dvisvgm separately and disable it in the texlive-bin configuration. I'll contact 
you offlist on this if this becomes a necessity ;)

Rémy, thanks for the patch btw ;)

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