Hello Mauricio, or anyone else affected, Accepted gcc-4.8 into trusty-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gcc-4.8/4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.
Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users. If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision. Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance! ** Changed in: gcc-4.8 (Ubuntu Trusty) Status: Confirmed => Fix Committed ** Tags added: verification-needed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to gcc-4.8 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1311128 Title: Please incorporate gcc 4.8 revision 209515 Status in gcc-4.8 package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in gccgo-4.9 package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in gcc-4.8 source package in Trusty: Fix Committed Status in gccgo-4.9 source package in Trusty: Fix Released Status in gcc-4.8 source package in Utopic: Fix Released Status in gccgo-4.9 source package in Utopic: Invalid Bug description: From another, less public, bug: Text by Bill Schmidt: A GCC bug was found in the little endian vector API that affects use of the vec_mergeh and vec_mergel interfaces when VSX is enabled (this is the default for Power8). These interfaces produce the wrong results for 4x32 vector types (vector int of either signedness, vector float). The upstream patch fixes this issue. (bug internally reported by Thierry Fauck; fixed upstream by Bill Schmidt.) SVN revision in FSF 4.8 branch: 209515 http://gcc.gnu.org/viewcvs/gcc?view=revision&revision=209515 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gcc-4.8/+bug/1311128/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
