[13827] in Athena Bugs
Cache corruption bug with gcc (and g++) on Sparc 5's
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (mjduff@MIT.EDU)
Sat Sep 9 14:06:19 1995
From: mjduff@MIT.EDU
To: bugs@MIT.EDU, yoav@MIT.EDU
Date: Sat, 09 Sep 1995 14:06:08 EDT
Hello!
The cache corruption problem with gcc and g++ on the Sparc 5's is becomming
more of a problem. A number of users are losing important work. I was
affected by this bug as well, and if it weren't for keeping backups in
several different places, I would have lost months of work.
It seems that gcc and g++ should be disabled, or a message should appear
warning the user of the problem when executed on a Sparc5.
I also understand that gcc is being suggested in a couple of programming
classes. If this is the case, then there will be a number of students
that lose work.
Thanks!
- Michael Duff, OLC consultant
