b31 multiple build failures on x86 Linux

[Kelly O'Hair]

Should I add a warning message that says:
   "You are using gcc 4.2, we don't like it very much, you should use 4.1 or 4.3."
:^)

-kto


Andrew Haley wrote:
> Kelly O'Hair wrote:
>>
>> Jeffrey Baker wrote:
>>> On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 12:17 PM, Kelly O'Hair <Kelly.Ohair at sun.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> Jeffrey Baker wrote:
>> [snip]
>>>>> Second problem: the build dumped core in test_gamma with an error in
>>>>> ciTypeFlow.hpp:395.  I filed this bug at sun.com with Review ID
>>>>> 1299675.  I worked around this by exiting the test_gamma script early.
>>>> Since you are using a newer gcc compiler, it's quite possible you have
>>>> found a bug of some kind, in gcc or in hotspot or somewhere in between.
>>>> You may want to see about trying a different gcc to isolate what the
>>>> issue might be.
>>> What is the officially blessed compiler?  This one appears to be gcc
>>> 4.2.3, but I have numerous other revisions of gcc kicking around,
>>> including 4.1 and 4.2.
>> You won't like this, but it's 3.2.
>> We get gcc from the Linux system, and unfortunately we haven't upgraded
>> the official Linux systems for JDK7, yet.
>> I know people have used gcc4, but I don't know what the exact version is.
>>
>> Maybe someone from one of the linux distros and speak up on this topic??
> 
> We have used 4.1 and 4.3.  We don't much like 4.2 so we're not going to
> use it.
> 
> Andrew.