GNU bug report logs - #19366
Building Guile 1.8 with AddressSanitizer

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Package: guile;

Reported by: Joshua Rogers <megamansec <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2014 12:57:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Andy Wingo <wingo <at> pobox.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #16 received at 19366 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>
To: Joshua Rogers <megamansec <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>, 19366 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 request <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#19366: Guile
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 10:44:07 -0500

Joshua Rogers <megamansec <at> gmail.com> writes:

> On 14/12/14 02:38, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>> However, Guile 1.8 is no longer maintained.
>>
>> You could try running Asan on Guile 2.0, which has been the stable
>> series for a number of years.  Guile 2.0 uses the BDW GC (aka. libgc).
>> It may similarly raise false positives, but since libgc is widely used,
>> you might be able find feedback from people who have tried using Asan
>> with it.
> Hm, okay. 1.8 is the current version in the Ubuntu repo's, just fyi.

Ubuntu has had Guile 2.0 since Precise 12.04 LTS, but it has a different
package name: "guile-2.0".

     Regards,
       Mark
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