ppc64 gcc4.3 broken? [Was: koji build job hanging for 2 days?]

[Kevin Kofler]

Ralf Corsepius <rc040203 <at> freenet.de> writes:
> At least, 
> http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/getfile?taskID=410994&name=build.log
> ends (or hang) midst of a compilation statement:

Be careful there before jumping to conclusions, file output is cached, so the 
log doesn't always indicate the exact place the crash takes place (because 
there's more output stuck in the cache).

The log now says this:
contour-approx: 	 [32mOk
/bin/sh: line 4: 23972 Terminated              ${dir}$tst
FAIL: cvtest
==========================================================
1 of 1 tests failed
so it looks like the testsuite is locking up.

Of course, this may still be a compiler bug (miscompilation), but it could also 
be a bug in the code exposed by the new compiler (e.g. an aliasing violation).

        Kevin Kofler