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authorMartin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de>2003-07-07 21:26:19 (GMT)
committerMartin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de>2003-07-07 21:26:19 (GMT)
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Use -fno-strict-aliasing if available. Fixes #766696. Will backport to 2.2.
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diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 8ab79b5..210eab3 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -641,6 +641,22 @@ AC_SUBST(BASECFLAGS)
# tweak BASECFLAGS based on compiler and platform
case $GCC in
yes)
+ # Python violates C99 rules, by casting between incompatible
+ # pointer types. GCC may generate bad code as a result of that,
+ # so use -fno-strict-aliasing if supported.
+ AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether $CC accepts -fno-strict-aliasing)
+ ac_save_cc="$CC"
+ CC="$CC -fno-strict-aliasing"
+ AC_TRY_RUN([int main() { return 0; }],
+ ac_cv_no_strict_aliasing_ok=yes,
+ ac_cv_no_strict_aliasing_ok=no,
+ ac_cv_no_strict_aliasing_ok=no)
+ CC="$ac_save_cc"
+ AC_MSG_RESULT($ac_cv_no_strict_aliasing_ok)
+ if test $ac_cv_no_strict_aliasing_ok = yes
+ then
+ BASECFLAGS="$BASECFLAGS -fno-strict-aliasing"
+ fi
case $ac_sys_system in
SCO_SV*)
BASECFLAGS="$BASECFLAGS -m486 -DSCO5"