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

[H Xu]

On 09/21/2011 08:40 PM, Sylvestre Ledru wrote:
> 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/
>

Oh, that is a pity :(

Could you downgrade it, since the previous bug is not as urgent as this one?

Hong