Hi Mike,
> On Nov 14, 2016, at 8:59 AM, Iain Sandoe <i...@codesourcery.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 14 Nov 2016, at 16:57, Jack Howarth <howarth.at....@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> The attached patch fixes PR sanitizer/78267 by conditionalizing the
>>> include of <os/trace.h> on the compiler defining __BLOCKS__ as a
>>> supported extension. Passes bootstrap on x86_64-apple-darwin15. Okay
>>> for gcc trunk?
>>> <PR78267.diff>
>>
>> Rainer has that PR assigned and is making a proper fix (which will
>> prevent other failures on the port), unless he decides to punt on it, I
>> think we should wait and get a proper fix,
>
> I'm fine with waiting if Jack wants, but the danger is leaving things in a
> non-working state for too long, and things can pile up. I'd rather put in
> the fix to the build, now, and, if technology advances to allow that code
> to be removed later, it always can be. If people are to wait, it is better
> to know how long to wait. A week, a month, a year? Then, when that time
> passes, they know to ask again. How long should we wait?
my patch has been verified to work on 10.12. The revised patch has been
developed with a copy of the affected 10.11 headers, but needs to be
tested on the real thing. Iain has provided me with the affected 10.10
headers and I expect to have an augmented patch ready today or tomorrow.
Rainer
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