Re: spurious error with GNAT 13.2.0 on Intel macOS 17.2

[moi <findlaybill@blueyonder.co.uk>]

On 15/12/2023 15:23, Simon Wright wrote:
> moi <findlaybill@blueyonder.co.uk> writes:
> 
>> The 17.2 update is accompanied by updated Command Line Tools,
>> so, having made a copy of the current CLTs, I let it update.
> 
> I think you mean 14.2!

Yes indeed, confusing it with iOS!

> 
> GCC 13/CLT 15.* still has issues with exceptions, eg this unresolved
> issue: https://github.com/iains/gcc-13-branch/issues/10, and the
> ld-classic dance fixes them as far as I can tell.

I have no problem when dancing classically.

> 
> I'm working with this fix: https://github.com/simonjwright/xcode_15_fix
> which is included in my GCC 13.2.0 build:
> https://github.com/simonjwright/distributing-gcc/releases/tag/gcc-13.2.0-aarch64
> ...
>>
>> Strangely, this is now the ONLY one out of dozens of regression tests
>> that fails in this software configuration.
>> Previously, they all failed at the link stage.
> 
> Yes, the 15.1 betas fixed the linking problem. I've no idea why some
> exceptions don't get caught/raise memory access errors. I do think that
> the aarch64 GCC 14 has fixed the problem.

Good to know.

Thanks again, Simon.

-- 
Bill F.