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Re: crash on latest cygwin snapshot
On Tue, 2012-07-03 at 11:17 -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 03, 2012 at 03:28:21PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >On Jul 3 07:31, Ryan Johnson wrote:
> >> >gcc-4.5 has some issue on windows platform (cygwin and mingw)
> >> >for wrong optimization of function return value on C++ code.
> >> I have also had issues with 4.5 (4.5.3 in particular) on Linux,
> >> where destructors failed to run properly in optimized code. I now
> >> make a point of upgrading (or self-compiling) to at least 4.6; I've
> >> actually had no problems yet with 4.7 after using it for some months
> >> under both cygwin and linux, though I haven't tried compiling a
> >> cygwin dll with it yet.
> >
> >Dave, any chance we can get a gcc update to 4.6?
AFAICS the last time Dave was heard from on the lists was March 24.
> Or, barring that, an experimental gcc 4.6 cross-compiler for Linux.
>
> I will roll one myself if Yaakov doesn't already have one lurking in
> the wings.
I don't currently. But wouldn't 4.7.1 be preferable?
Yaakov