Bug#642278: clang failed to build a C source file when linking

[Sylvestre Ledru]

Le mercredi 21 septembre 2011 à 20:18 +0800, H Xu a écrit :
> On 09/21/2011 08:10 PM, Sylvestre Ledru wrote:
> > Le mercredi 21 septembre 2011 à 20:07 +0800, H Xu a écrit :
> >> On 09/21/2011 07:57 PM, Sylvestre Ledru wrote:
> >>> Le mercredi 21 septembre 2011 à 19:52 +0800, H Xu a écrit :
> >>>> On 09/21/2011 07:39 PM, Sylvestre Ledru wrote:
> >>>>> Le mercredi 21 septembre 2011 à 19:37 +0800, H Xu a écrit :
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> ii  gcc-4.6             4.6.1-4       GNU C compiler
> >>>>>> ii  gcc-4.6-base        4.6.1-4       GCC, the GNU Compiler
> >>>>>> Collection
> >>>>>> (base package)
> >>>>> Could you try with gcc 4.6.1-8 ?
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> The latest version is still 4.6.1-4 in wheezy
> >>>>
> >>>> http://packages.debian.org/wheezy/gcc-4.6
> >>> I am aware of this ...
> >>> clang should not have migrated to testing...
> >>> I will ask for a removal
> >>
> >> Why not upgrade gcc in wheezy?
> > http://qa.debian.org/excuses.php?package=gcc-4.6
> >
> >>   That would be better. If clang is not
> >> migrated to testing, then the bug I reported yesterday (642053) would
> >> not be fixed.
> > Sorry, I don't understand your comment.
> >
> 
> I mean, this bug:
> 
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=642053
> 
> This bug was fixed yesterday by upgrade clang in wheezy. Before the 
> upgrading, the compilation of simple "Hello, World" program would still 
> be successful. However, there are some other problem described in the 
> above bug. If clang is downgraded, then the above bug would appear again.
Probably we won't downgrade it but remove it from testing and wait for
gcc 4.6.1-8 to migrate into testing.
See bug #642308

FYI, you can still access to old releases here:
http://snapshot.debian.org/package/clang/


Sorry
Sylvestre