IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2012-07-04

<braunr> we should perhaps build the hurd with -fno-strict-aliasing,
  considering the number of warnings i can see during the build :/
<pinotree> braunr: wouldn't be better to "just" fix the mig-generated stubs
  instead?
<braunr> pinotree: if we can rely on gcc for the warnings, yes
<braunr> but i suspect there might be other silent issues in very old code

IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2012-07-12

<braunr> btw, i'm building glibc right now, and i can see a few strict
  aliasing warnings
<braunr> fixing them will allow us to avoid wasting time on very obscure
  issues (if gcc catches them all)
<tschwinge> The strict aliasing things should be fixed, yes.  Some might be
  from MIG.

IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2013-10-17

<braunr> we should build gnumach and the hurd with -fno-strict-aliasing
<pinotree> aren't the mig-generated stubs the only issues related to that?
<braunr> no
<teythoon> b/c we often have pointers of different type pointing to the
  same address? for example code using libports?
<braunr> the old linux code, including pfinet, and even the hurd libraries,
  use techniques that assume aliasing
<braunr> exactly
<teythoon> right, I agree

2015-10-30

Noticed that there are no warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules [-Wstrict-aliasing] diagnostics when compiling a GDB build's MIG-generated stub files.