[Samba] [Fwd: Re: GCC 3.3 release criteria]

[Martin Pool]

Dan Kegel <dkegel at ixiacom.com> wrote
> gcc is a great compiler, but as of gcc3.2.2, it can't
> compile Samba on Sparc with -O2.  This has been marked
> as a high priority bug in the gcc bug tracking system,
> and should be fixed before the next release.
> 
> To make such regressions less likely in the future,
> it would be helpful if somebody were to look at
> http://gcc.gnu.org/testing/
> and submit a build-and-test guide for Samba to the maintainer
> of that page.  This would make it more likely the
> gcc volunteers will do regression testing of
> new releases of gcc against Samba.

Thanks for suggesting this.

One problem is that Samba does not have a very good automated test
suite yet.  It would be hard for somebody trying to test gcc to know
whether they had built a working Samba or not.  So they might catch
bugs which cause gcc to abort, but perhaps not code generation bugs.

Perhaps you could try to summarize the Samba install instructions in
the format the gcc folks want, and then forward it to the
samba-technical list for review?

-- 
Martin