Re: Linux 2.6.22 released

[Stefano Rivoir <s.rivoir@gts.it>]

Stephen Frost wrote:
> * Linus Torvalds (torvalds@linux-foundation.org) wrote:
>> I'm hoping your Debian/sid gcc version is some very experimental 
>> known-buggy one, and not something that people _expect_ to be solid and 
>> work well?
> 
> No such luck. :(  Debian's close to moving to gcc-4.2 as the default
> compiler in sid.  We've rebuilt the archive a number of times (both
> since the 4.2 release and during its development) using gcc-4.2 and
> thought we'd identified most of the issues with it.
> 
> It clearly sounds like we need to open a high-severity bug on this issue
> and track it down before we move to it as the default compiler.  I'll
> start harassing the appropriate folks also.
> 
> Stefano, can you file that bug, including the config, dmesg, and
> backtrace from gcc if you can get it?

Yes, I'll file a bug (here and on b.d.o) tonight, when I'll be on the 
box again.

Bye.

-- 
Stefano RIVOIR