Re: HEADS UP: OpenSSL problems after GCC 4.2 upgrade

From: Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky_at_c2i.net>
Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 10:13:39 +0200
On Sunday 20 May 2007 08:27, Alexander Kabaev wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> there were several reports of OpenSSL being broken when compiled with
> GCC 4.2. It turns out OpenSSL uses function casting feature that was
> aggressively de-supported by GCC 4.2 and GCC goes as far as inserting
> invalid instructions ON PURPOSE to discourage the practice.

Why does it not break on compile/link time?

--HPS
Received on Sun May 20 2007 - 06:13:52 UTC

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