Re: make check failed on libc-2.0.110

[Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>]

I've got a few reports that the tests failed and also that the
compiler aborts, all on ix86 platforms.  In the second case the
compiler is certainly buggy.  A correct compiler does not abort.

For the case when apparently wrong code is generated: I can only say
that I have tested it several times.  It compiles, checks, and
installs correctly.  This is on ix86 with the highest optimizations.
The only thing is that it is a patched egcs version, based on the
current development version.  Those who are working with me on the
library and who also constantly recompile glibc also haven't reported
problems.

So my first guess is that the compilers which were used are broken.
This very well can be.  That I compiler worked so far does not mean
anything.  Rather the other direction: if the compiler works for
compiling glibc there is a good chance it has no big bugs.


But there is another chance.  I've replaced a few of the most often
used functions for i686 with assembler versions I wrote.  I think they
work but I might have missed a point.


So, I really need somebody who has the problems to grab the debugger
and look where the programs crash.

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