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From: Michael Mol <mikemol@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Just a heads-up, I think =sys-libs/glibc-2.14.1-r3 is a stinker.
Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2012 04:39:18
Message-Id: CA+czFiDFt3eefK2jrSA=m5V9tonk__LRV32eXv22M6ET5=1Kiw@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Just a heads-up, I think =sys-libs/glibc-2.14.1-r3 is a stinker. by Michael Mol
1 On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 11:56 PM, Michael Mol <mikemol@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 11:34 PM, Dmitry Goncharov
3 > <dgoncharov@××××××××.net> wrote:
4 >> On Sat, Jun 02, 2012 at 10:52:12PM -0400, Michael Mol wrote:
5 >>> On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 11:07 AM, Michael Mol <mikemol@×××××.com> wrote:
6 >>> Wow. Just wow. This is incredible.
7 >>>
8 >>> This is repeatable for me.
9 >>>
10 >> <snip>
11 >>>  * The problem occurred while executing the ebuild file named
12 >>>  * 'glibc-2.14.1-r3.ebuild' located in the '/var/db/pkg/sys-
13 >>>
14 >> <snip>
15 >>> CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -march=core2 -mcx16 -msahf
16 >>> --param l1-cache-size=32 --param l1-cache-line-size=64 --param
17 >>> l2-cache-size=4096 -mtune=core2 -ggdb3"
18 >>> CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
19 >>
20 >> Can you upgrage to glibc-2.15?
21 >
22 > Sure. It's going to be another full reinstall.
23
24 Forgot to try this. Will do tomorrow.
25
26 >
27 >> Can you tweak you gcc flags to something more conventional and see if the
28 >> problem persists?
29 >
30 > Those CFLAGS should be equivalent to:
31 > CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -ggdb3 --march=native".
32 >
33 > But I'll try making it just -O2 -pipe --march=native.
34
35 Just an update: Tried CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe --march=native -ggdb3". Same results.
36
37 >
38 >> If you are interested in submitting a patch to the upstream then you can build
39 >> the glibc test suite with your gcc flags and check if the tests pass.
40
41 I do still have a working gentoo laptop I could try this on...but it
42 has an i3 proc, as opposed to the core 2 xeon or the phenom 9650. Have
43 a link to instructions?
44
45 --
46 :wq

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