[Pkg-tcltk-devel] Bug#440683: tcl8.4 strtod + fixstrtod confusion leads to symbol clash

[Ian Jackson]

Sergei Golovan writes ("Re: tcl8.4 strtod + fixstrtod confusion leads to symbol clash"):
> I'm afraid that to simulate -m64 gcc option I should install Ubuntu
> (gcc in Debian doesn't support -m64).

Well, putting any cross-compiler on the path as cc and gcc ought to do
it.

> Have you tried to build a new 8.4.15-2 where --enable-64bits option is
> removed from configure call? If it works for you I'll close this bug.

You're missing my point.  That's just a recipe to reproduce the bug.
The conditions for this bug (#440683) to occur are unusual and may not
happen in Debian when things are working properly.

But I think it's still a bug.

Ian.