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["Sebastien Loriot (GeometryFactory)" <>]

On 01/12/2015 10:31 AM, Etienne Vouga wrote:
> Although 4.8 is listed as a supported platform, I discovered that due to a
> bug in gcc it is unsafe to use cgal with g++ 4.8.1: everything compiles but
> you get random segfaults when building AABB trees.
>
> I switched to g++ 4.7 which resolved the issue.
>
> While I fully understand this is the fault of GCC, and not CGAL, many users
> on Ubuntu 13.10 will have 4.8.1 installed as their default compiler. Please
> consider adding a note on the CGAL web site or install documentation so that
> they may avoid this pitfall.

In your case, were you using the CGAL version coming with Ubuntu?
If not, then we could add something preventing from compiling the CGAL
library if a buggy compiler is used. But this will not solve the pb
for people using the version shipped with their distribution.

Sebastien.

> Best,
> Etienne
>
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