Re: gcc bug affects NTLMSSP authentication helper

From: Andres Kroonmaa <andre@dont-contact.us>
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 13:12:55 +0200

On 23 Feb 2001, at 11:43, Chemolli Francesco (USI) <ChemolliF@GruppoCredit.it> wrote:

> There is a bug in gcc version egcs-2.91.66 which under certain
> conditions can cause the NTLMSSP helper to fail with with a
> segmentation violation or illegal instruction error.

> For our fellow gurus: should we enable some workaround via
> configure, should we try to work around the gcc bug by
> changing the code, should we put some warning in the
> INSTALL file or something else?

 detect the gcc bug and refuse to compile, forcing users to
 upgrade gcc?
 I also think we should't try to work around compiler bugs,
 unless there is no other option.

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