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Re: [Darwin] PATCH 15544
Stan Shebs <shebs@apple.com> writes:
> Geoff Keating wrote:
>
> >Andrew Pinski <pinskia@physics.uc.edu> writes:
> >
> >
> >>>Matt Austern <austern@apple.com> writes:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>This patch is a workaround for a Darwin assembler bug. It swaps the
> >>>>order of two assembly lines in the case of empty EH symbols. OK to
> >>>>commit to mainline?
> >>>>
> >>>Is there some reason we don't just fix the assembler?
> >>>
> >>What about old assembler like say on Darwin 6.0 boxes?
> >>
> >
> >Upgrade the assembler at the same time as you upgrade the compiler.
> >
> That assumes that upgraded assemblers are available, which isn't
> actually the case.
Sorry, I meant:
> Upgrade the assembler at the same time as you would upgrade the compiler.
I hope that makes it much clearer that this upgrading action is to
take place in the future, once the bug is fixed.
> There's not even an assurance that the latest
> Darwin assembler will even build and run on a Darwin system several
> releases back (it might, but it's not a requirement).
There isn't even an assurance that the latest compiler will build or
run on a Darwin system several releases back. I'm pretty sure it
doesn't.
--
- Geoffrey Keating <geoffk@geoffk.org>