boehm-gc gctest fails on darwin ? anyone else?

Tue Feb 11 05:28:00 GMT 2003

Tom Tromey wrote:
>>>>>>"Andreas" == Andreas Tobler <toa@pop.agri.ch> writes:
>>> Andreas> I found that the gctest from boehm-gc fails on trunk, while
> Andreas> it passes on 3.3 branch. The boehm source is identical in
> Andreas> both trees. The only mod I did, undef MPROTECT_VDB.
>> Ouch, but at least 3.3 is ok.
3.2.3 also.
>> Andreas> Anyone else on another platform seing this? Is it only
> Andreas> related to darwin? Maybe this one: 'stack overflow' message
> Andreas> for Darwin; host hooks ? gcc-patches?
>> I'm not seeing this on x86 Linux.

Sparc is ok (2.8), linuxppc as well.
>> I doubt it is the "stack overflow" patch. That has to do with
> problems in gcc's internal GC.

You're right. I doubt it as well. But it has to do with gcc internals I 
guess since 3.2.3 and 3.3 werks. And the source of gc didn't change in 
3.3 vs. 3.4.
I'll see what's on.
Andreas