Re: libffi 3.0.9 release candidate 1

[Jasper Lievisse Adriaanse <jasper at humppa dot nl>]

On Mon, Oct 05, 2009 at 12:57:30AM -0400, Anthony Green wrote:
> Here's 3.0.9rc1:
> ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/libffi/libffi-3.0.9rc1.tar.gz
> 
> I built this out of my new git repository here:
> http://github.com/atgreen/libffi
> 
> I'm using stgit, which is like quilt for git.  I rebased the git
> repository to gcc HEAD, then added the "stand-alone" patches (mostly
> configury changes), the AVR port, the Snow Leopard memory protection
> fix, and the 64-bit AIX fix.
> 
> I believe we're missing ChangeLog entries from Jens, Abdulaziz, and
> Bradley.  Please send them.  I'll push your changes into GCC once
> they're clean.
> 
> Abdulaziz - please also check that I applied your patch correctly.
> The source files had changed somewhat since you submitted it.
> 
> I'll set up a wiki page to track platform testing soon, but initial
> test results and pointers to missing patches would be helpful.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> AG

As of this RC, there's an increase of about 340 in failed tests on
OpenBSD. I've attached the log. The unwindtest.cc failure is expected,
ther others not. Anyone has a clue what's going on here?

libffi 3.0.8:
# of expected passes            1365
# of unexpected failures        8
# of unsupported tests          15

libffi 3.0.9rc1
# of expected passes            685
# of unexpected failures        348
# of unsupported tests          15

Cheers,
Jasper

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