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<1992Oct2.195236.1698@head-cfa.harvard.edu>:

> Organization: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA,  USA
> Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 19:52:36 GMT
> To: bug-ghostscript@prep.ai.mit.edu
> Subject: gs problems w/ gcc 2.2.2 -O2
> 
> configuration: Sparc IPC, SunOS 4.1.1, gcc 2.2.2, gs 2.5.2, X11R5
> 
> when compiling ghostscript with gcc 2.2.2, use of the -O2 option
> causes glitches when displaying the `chess.ps' example using the
> X driver.  compiling with -O works fine. 
> 
> the error is that the chess pieces are "smeared" out to the left.
> the smearing always occurs, but varies in form and extent with
> each invocation of gs.  sometimes long streaks of black appear.
> 
> this is possibly a gcc bug, but i don't know enough about gs to pinpoint
> which routine(s) are affected and thus make this determination.
> -- 

Many people have reported problems with gcc 2.2.2 on the SPARC.  I
strongly suggest that you use some other compiler to compile
Ghostscript.

L. Peter Deutsch :: Aladdin Enterprises :: P.O. box 60264, Palo Alto, CA 94306
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