[gambit-list] enable-single-host and gcc 4.2.3

Bradley Lucier lucier at math.purdue.edu
Thu Jul 10 16:17:34 EDT 2008


On Jul 10, 2008, at 1:42 PM, Bradley Lucier wrote:

> On Jul 10, 2008, at 1:01 PM, Jeremie Lasalle Ratelle wrote:
>
>> Hi, I just installed ubuntu 8.04 and it seems that gcc 4.2.3 isn't  
>> able
>> to compile large files using --enable-single-host.
...
>> Could this be some serious regression?...
>
> Yes.
>
> I've been reporting inefficiencies in gcc compiling Gambit- 
> generated C code for years.  See the open bugzilla report
>
> http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26854

There is a recent comment attached to this bug report that indicates  
that people are actively working on this problem.  My guess is that  
it will likely be fixed for 4.4.0; I don't know whether a backport to  
4.3.* or 4.2.* will be possible.




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