Re: (ITS#5875) sparc64/gcc-3.3 build fix

[hyc@symas.com]

manu@netbsd.org wrote:
> Full_Name: Emmanuel Dreyfus
> Version: HEAD
> OS: NetBSD-4.0
> URL: http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/~checkout~/pkgsrc/databases/openldap/patches/patch-ad?rev=1.7
> Submission from: (NULL) (213.41.141.172)
>
>
> NetBSD's pkgsrc has a 5 years old OpenLDAP patch that address a build problem on
> sparc64 with gcc 3.x (x<= 3). The build failure is caused by a bug in gcc.
>
> I think it would not hurt to commit this patch in OpenLDAP CVS: everything is
> guarded by macros, so it cannot cause any harm to unaffected systems, and the
> workaround has been tested by NetBSD people for 5 years.

Kurt will probably have something to say about this too - this is more than a 
couple-line patch, it needs to be submitted by its original author, with 
appropriate rights attributions etc.

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