RE: Re[2]: [GHC] #370: possible compacting GC bug in 6.4.x

On 17 January 2006 21:40, Bulat Ziganshin wrote:

> Hello GHC,
> 
> Monday, January 16, 2006, 2:01:53 PM, you wrote:
> 
>>  Some notes on why this bug is still here: I suspect there is a bug
>>  in the compacting GC, at least in 6.4.x.
> 
> i also occasionally coming through this bug, especially in 6.4.0. i
> don't reported it, though, because it's hard to reproduce - my program
> fails sometimes collecting information about ALL 250k files on my
> computer, so to reproduce this bug i need to send you the whole file
> tree :(. at least i know that this bug comes more often when i often
> calls performGC. you can try to use this fact in order to spot bug
> easier. i will also try. is using 6.4.1 ok, or it need to be spotted
> on the latest STABLE build?

Please do... 6.4.1 should be fine.

Cheers,
        Simon