Re: pkg/45278: bootstrap fails in libfetch NetBSD -current (gcc4.5)

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>]

On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 06:45:02PM +0000, Kai-Uwe Eckhardt wrote:
> The following reply was made to PR pkg/45278; it has been noted by GNATS.
> 
> From: "Kai-Uwe Eckhardt" <kuehro%gmx.de@localhost>
> To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
> Cc: 
> Subject: Re: pkg/45278: bootstrap fails in libfetch NetBSD -current (gcc4.5)
> Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2011 20:42:29 +0200
> 
>  Hallo,
>  
>  >  This is perfectly legal. The GCC behavior is a huge painful bug.
>  
>  I agree on gcc is huge, gcc is painful and gcc is full of bugs. And
>  yes the code might be perfectly legal. But even if not, we can't change
>  half of the network code. So let us try with -fno-strict-aliasing on 
>  ftp.c then. Other suggestions besides turning to another compiler ? ;-) 

*sigh* What I am telling you is that this is not about strict aliasing.

Joerg