Re: [bug-gawk] beta release of gawk 4.1.2 available

[Aharon Robbins]

Hi Assaf.

> On 04/08/2015 11:20 AM, Aharon Robbins wrote:
> > If it's gcc, I'd suggest recompiling without optimization
>
> A-ha! works fine without optimization.

Then it's a compiler issue.

> > How did you compile gawk? Which compiler? Which architecture is
> > this?
>
> This is a VM using:
>   
> $ uname -a
> SunOS oi-151a8 5.11 oi_151a8 i86pc i386 i86pc Solaris
> $ gcc -v
> Reading specs from /usr/sfw/lib/gcc/i386-pc-solaris2.11/3.4.3/specs

Super ancient.  Not worth trying to support.

> After upgrading to gcc-4.4.4, all tests pass (except one multibyte test).
>
> Sorry for the false alarm.

No problem.

> > If none of that helps, can you provide ssh access?
>
> If need be, the VM is available for download here:
>      http://www.nongnu.org/pretest/downloads/

What kind of VM is this? What do I need to install on GNU/Linux
to run it?

Truth is, I prefer to not have to do that.  I test under Linux
with 32 and 64 bit compiles and 4-6 different compilers; that's
about all I can personally handle.

> It contains the old compiler, so to upgrade run this:
>      sudo pkg install /developer/illumos-gcc
>      export PATH=/opt/gcc/4.4.4/bin:$PATH

Even that version is kinda old...

Thanks,

Arnold