Thread: Re: regression failure on latest CVS

Re: regression failure on latest CVS

From
Larry Rosenman
Date:
On Jul 27 2005, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > ohp@pyrenet.fr wrote:
> > 
> > > In the meantime would'nt it be nice to try to understand what happens 
> > > and correct it?
> > >
> > >I'm a bit afraid that 8.1 is not used on unixware because people don't
> > >have/want the patch installed.
> > >
> > >  
> > >
> > 
> > All the evidence is that this is a compiler bug. The apparent 
> > workaround for now would be to compile with optimisation turned off. Or 
> > use another compiler - gcc is available isn't it?
> 
> The SCO compiler was a buggy mess with any optimization turned on 10
> years ago, and it still is.  I see no reason our community should waste
> time helping fix such a buggy compiler.  If it was buggy for the past 10
> years, I think it will be buggy for the next 10 too.  We should just
> turn off optimization for that compiler.


No we shouldn't.  I'm actually working with the SCO compiler guys to get
this BUG fixed.  

Let's not pre-judge.


> 
> 

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