Tom Lane wrote:
>Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
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>>OK, what gcc versions support -fno-strict-aliasing? Do we need a
>>configure test for it?
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>Perhaps ... although it is recognized in 2.95.3 and probably for a good
>ways before that.
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>It looks to me like what has changed in gcc 3.3 is not the existence
>of the flag, but the fact that -O2 now turns it on where it did not
>before.
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Yes, exactly - I have just confirmed this on the archived manuals on the
gcc site.
But turning it off for earlier releases does no harm.
It is known to break 2.7.1 and I believe it will work with 2.95 and later.
cheers
andrew