Re: Hanging tests mergeinfo-test.exe 12, 15 and skel-test.exe 4 on WinXP with VS2010 release build

On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 3:14 AM, Johan Corveleyn <jcorvel_at_gmail.com> wrote:

[...]

> Now, I have pinpointed the exact revision where the problems start for
> me. It's r1338286, where Bert enabled whole program optimizations for
> release builds, in the vcnet_vcxproj.ezt file.
>
> Maybe I'm running into some compiler bug (that has since been fixed in
> SP1), related to whole program optimization. I'll try installing SP1
> (but not right now, it's past 3 am now :-)) and see what happens.

Finally got around to it, and indeed, the problem is solved when I use
VC2010 SP1. Test suite is running smoothly, and both
mergeinfo-test.exe and skel-test.exe have already succeeded.

Now I finally have a good developer environment again, phew.

Conclusion: don't use VC2010 without SP1.

-- 
Johan