Random assembler errors after update mingw64-x86_64-binutils-2.35.2-1

[Michael Soegtrop]

An update on this:

I reverted to the previous version of MinGW 64 binutils in our CI and 
didn't have issues since then.

Best regards,

Michael

Am 01/02/2021 um 10:25 schrieb Michael Soegtrop:
> Hi Achim,
>
> I have some evidence that this update leads to random assembler 
> errors. I have 3 CI failures (out of 5 runs) since the update in an 
> open source project I maintain. The failure is always an error from 
> the MinGW 64 assembler and the errors are random - that is if I rerun 
> the same CI test the error went away in one of one tested case and in 
> the failing cases the error happened compiling different files.
>
> I haven't seen anything like this before the update.
>
> Here are links to one failing and one good case:
>
> Fail run package version:
> https://github.com/coq/platform/runs/1803203762?check_suite_focus=true#step:4:164 
>
>
> Fail run error message:
> https://github.com/coq/platform/runs/1803203762?check_suite_focus=true#step:4:1664 
>
>
> Good run package version:
> https://github.com/coq/platform/runs/1799374171?check_suite_focus=true#step:4:164 
>
>
> I will revert to the old version of the package and see if the errors 
> go away.
>
> The 32 bit version seems fine do far.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Michael