Re: BUG #10436: Can't compile 9.4 with this mingw64-w32 gcc 4.8.1, 4.8.2, 4.8.3

lr(at)pcorp(dot)us writes:
> In trying to track down the issue I am having here:
> http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/ticket/2746

> I tried to see if I'd have better luck with newer chains -- but none of the
> chains I tried 4.8.3, 4.8.2, 4.8.1 (mingw64-w32 sjlj exception (win32
> threading) can even get past configure step with the latest snapshot from:
> ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/snapshot/dev/

> The error I got trying to compile with 4.8.1 is:

> undefined reference to `_set_invalid_parameter_handler'

> The 4.8.3 I got a different error, but can't remember what that was.

> To rule out just the chains, I tried rebuilding 9.3.4 with 4.8.1 chain and
> had no issue. So it seems something has changed in the 9.4 code that makes
> it not possible to build with these newer mingw64-w32 chains.

If it's not getting through configure, the only plausible explanation
seems to be that something in autoconf 2.69 broke it.

It's not immediately clear what that would be, though :-(

regards, tom lane