HEADS UP: OpenSSL problems after GCC 4.2 upgrade

[Dag-Erling Smørgrav]

Alexander Kabaev <kabaev at gmail.com> writes:
> 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.

Is there a web page somewhere (or an archived mailing list discussion,
or whatever) which discusses the issue and explains the rationale for
intentionally generating incorrect code?

DES
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