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Re: [RFC][wwwdocs] Mention PR21173 in the news
- From: Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr at cs dot tamu dot edu>
- To: Steven Bosscher <stevenb at suse dot de>
- Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, Gerald Pfeifer <gerald at pfeifer dot com>,mark at codesourcery dot com, Joe dot Buck at synopsys dot COM
- Date: 25 May 2005 19:54:23 -0500
- Subject: Re: [RFC][wwwdocs] Mention PR21173 in the news
- References: <200505260230.57140.stevenb@suse.de>
Steven Bosscher <stevenb@suse.de> writes:
| Hi,
|
| This patch adds a brief note about PR21173, the already infamous bug
| in GCC 4.0.0 that causes silent wrong code generation.
|
| This bug is rising fast on the list of most frequently reported bugs,
| where FWIW it is the only wrong-code bug in the top 10 most frequently
| reported bugs (it is in position 10 right now). No other bug has ever
| made it to the top 10 this quickly, so I guess we can conclude many
| people are running into it. Which is not surprising, given how easy
| it is to make it trigger.
|
| I think it is Just Wrong to make people download a compiler with such
| a severe bug that we know about. I have said previously that IMHO we
| should put out GCC 4.0.1 fast. The only reactions I got were negative,
| see the thread here: http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2005-04/msg01622.html.
|
| And so, we continue to let people download and use a compiler with a
| very severe wrong-code bug. I can't believe we let this situation
| continue to exist. There is not even a plan yet for GCC 4.0.1!
|
| So this patch adds a friendly note on the home page, with a link to the
| bug. Comments?
I'm very supportive of the idea. However, can we put a more
descriptive information about the symptoms of that bug?
-- Gaby