[ On Tuesday, November 21, 2000 at 01:32:18 (+1100), matthew green wrote: ]
> Subject: re: ksh lossage on sparc64 
>
>    Anyway: this bug is not related to sparc64 at all, it's a generic gcc 2.95.2
>    problem and the ksh source in tree is broken. So this is not the way to fix
>    it, it will hit other ports when they migrate to the newer gcc too.
> 
> this happens with other ports?  how is the ksh source broken?  i don't see
> why it needs the volatile casts anyway...

If a volatile cast is needed then it should always be there on all ports
-- the fact that it breaks only on one or two ports is just an accident
of how the code generation and optimisation works.  I.e. the #ifdef
shoudln't be used -- just the content of the #ifdef.

However, even given my vague memories of the guts of pd-ksh, my guess is
that if one "volatile" cast is needed then the complete fix probably
involves adding "volatile" to a number of variable definitions, and
perhaps more casts too.  Careful use of lint and GCC compiler warnings
may reveal where these have to go.

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