Re: port-sparc64/48501: GCC 4.5.3 gets stuck compiling "libvpx" package

[Matthias Scheler <tron%zhadum.org.uk@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR port-sparc64/48501; it has been noted by 
GNATS.

From: Matthias Scheler <tron%zhadum.org.uk@localhost>
To: Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>
Cc: NetBSD GNATS <gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost>
Subject: Re: port-sparc64/48501: GCC 4.5.3 gets stuck compiling "libvpx"
 package
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 11:06:18 +0000

 On Mon, Jan 06, 2014 at 11:55:51AM +0100, Martin Husemann wrote:
 > On Sun, Jan 05, 2014 at 11:02:17PM +0000, Matthias Scheler wrote:
 > > My ULTRA60 has now spend more than 200 CPU minutes trying to compile
 > > a 1,200 line C source:
 > > 
 > >   PID USERNAME PRI NICE   SIZE   RES STATE      TIME   WCPU    CPU COMMAND
 > >  3715 tron      17   10    25M   18M CPU/0    201:57 99.85% 99.85% cc1
 > > 
 > > I'm sorry but this is a compiler bug.
 > 
 > Yes, it is (I could reproduce it), and it is fixed in gcc 4.8 (just did a
 > successfull build of the pkg without hacks.mk).
 
 Any change of back porting the fix to GCC 4.5?
 
 > Can we limit the hack to 4.5 or older?
 
 Can you please try to the change the following line in
 "pkgsrc/multimedia/libvpx/hacks.mk" ...
 
 .  if !empty(CC_VERSION:Mgcc*)
 
 ... to this:
 
 .  if !empty(CC_VERSION:Mgcc-4.[0-7].*)
 
        Kind regards
 
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 Matthias Scheler                                  http://zhadum.org.uk/