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Re: HPPA STMP_FIXPROTO patch
- From: Steve Ellcey <sje at cup dot hp dot com>
- To: law at redhat dot com
- Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 10:28:55 -0700 (PDT)
- Subject: Re: HPPA STMP_FIXPROTO patch
> Well, I'd like to install this, but it makes me very nervous given the
> multitude of problems we've had with the HP include files in the past.
>
> What end-user value do we get by installing this patch?
>
>
> jeff
The end-user value is in having fewer GCC specific header files. There
were a number of header file changes between 11.00 and 11.11 and there
may be more in the future and when this happens it can break GCC by
making an 11.00 built GCC not work on 11.11 even though the two systems
are compatible.
I know that just setting STMP_FIXPROTO will not fix the two problems I
saw in 11.00 to 11.11 header file changes but it might help avoid some
others, now or in the future.
Steve Ellcey
sje@cup.hp.com