- Issued:
- 2004-05-11
- Updated:
- 2004-05-11
RHBA-2004:142 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
GCC bugfix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Topic
An updated version of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) is now available.
This update addresses various issues.
Description
The GCC package includes a C, C++, Java, Fortran 77, Objective C, and Ada
95 GNU compilers and support libraries.
These updated packages fix several bugs in GCC. For details see the
enclosed bugzilla reports and package changelogs. One notable fix is a
decrease of excessive string alignment for strings longer than 31
characters on IA-32 and x86-64 platforms.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied. To update all RPMs for your
particular architecture, run:
rpm -Fvh [filenames]
where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. Only those
RPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs which are
not installed but included in the list will not be updated. Note that you
can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory *only* contains
the desired RPMs.
Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network. Many
people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:
up2date
This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system. If up2date fails to connect to Red Hat
Network due to SSL Certificate Errors, you need to install a version of the
up2date client with an updated certificate. The latest version of up2date
is available from the Red Hat FTP site and may also be downloaded directly
from the RHN website:
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 3 ppc
Fixes
- BZ - 110904 - libgcj depends on info package, but it is not listed as dependency
- BZ - 110966 - Bad code on filling structures
- BZ - 111168 - gcc should BuildRequires: texinfo
- BZ - 111628 - PPC64 GCC doesn't generate TLS debug info
- BZ - 114610 - gcc 3.2.3-24 miscompiles sha256.c from linux 2.6 kernel
- BZ - 115159 - IA32 Compiler Looping
- BZ - 115446 - GCC optimisation bug on IA64
- BZ - 116068 - c++ code core dumps w/ -O flag on x86_64, works in gcc 3.3.2
- BZ - 116650 - Internal compiler error when compiling mythtv-0.14
- BZ - 119022 - Java doesn't work on ia32e.
- BZ - 119023 - Can't optimize for ia32e
- BZ - 120493 - Endless loop during demangling
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
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