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Date: 22 Oct 2001 20:52:36 -0400
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From: Jonathan Kamens <jik AT curl DOT com>
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In-reply-to: <20011022204740.B18754@redhat.com> (message from Christopher
	Faylor on Mon, 22 Oct 2001 20:47:40 -0400)
Subject: Re: 1.3.4 status?
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>  Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 20:47:40 -0400
>  From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
>  
>  It's not a malloc issue.  gcc's -O3 optimization is screwing up regparm
>  parameter passing, specifically in fhandler_console::read which seems to
>  need to call alloca for some reason, although I can't say exactly why.

Now here's someone with slightly more knowledge of x86 assembler code
than I have :-).

Seriously, I assume this means that I should (a) stop trying to track
down this bug since you've figured it out, and (b) stop trying to
compile Cygwin with -O3.

Thanks,

  jik