bug#10096: Failing gc.test for i586

[Petr Gajdos]

On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 01:06:21PM +0100, Andy Wingo wrote:
> On Mon 21 Nov 2011 15:46, Petr Gajdos <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > gc.test is failing with guile 2.0.3 for me on i586:
> > FAIL: gc.test: gc: Unused modules are removed
> >
> > I don't observe this for guile 2.0.2. Could you please 
> > guide me to resolve this issue?
> 
> Hummmm.  Well, on the one side, it is not really a fatal failure.  This
> tests allocates 1000 modules, then does a few gc runs, then checks to
> make sure they were all collected.  Since libgc is a conservative
> collector, it is possible that it mistakenly thinks one of those modules
> is still alive -- a problem that is more acute on 32-bit systems.  It is
> also dependent on the compiler you use, the version of libgc, etc.
> 
> I think if I were you, I would just ignore this error.  I know it's not
> a very good answer, but does that work for you?

Andy, 

thanks a lot for you answer, I will ignore it.

Best regards,
Petr

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