Re: gcc 2.95.2 upgrade

[Marc Espie <Marc.Espie@liafa.jussieu.fr>]

On Thu, Jan 20, 2000 at 01:08:44AM +0100, Hannah Schroeter wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> On Wed, Jan 19, 2000 at 06:21:09PM +0100, Marc Espie wrote:
> > I've finally checked the changes from 2.95.1 to 2.95.2 into OpenBSD current.
> 
> > This might be of special interest to sparc users. There are a few bugs in
> > the sparc back-end that are unfortunately triggered by common applications
> > such as teTeX (hence the work-around in the port), so updating to 2.95.2
> > may improve various developments for you...
> 
> So porters are allowed to use -current now?!

No, you're jumping to conclusions.

I'm only giving information that might be helpful to sparc people.
The fact that the bug showed up in teTeX is just a piece of information.
The port does currently include a work-around for that bug.

Other pieces of software might be affected. teTeX is somewhat high-profile.
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