RE: egcs 19980803 and Checker

[Jan Reimers <janr at molienergy dot bc dot ca>]

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> From: 	Jeffrey A Law[SMTP:law@cygnus.com]
> Reply To: 	law@cygnus.com
> Sent: 	Tuesday, November 10, 1998 9:25 PM
> To: 	John (EBo) David
> Cc: 	egcs@cygnus.com
> Subject: 	Re: egcs 19980803 and Checker 
> 
> 
>   In message <36489E5A.167E@twinforces.com>you write:
>   > Checker-0.9.9.1 needs to apply patches to the 19980803 
>   > snapshot of the ECGS source base.  Is there a copy anywhere 
>   > of the 19980803 sapshot available?
> Every egcs snapshot is still available on our ftp server.
> 
> You may have to take an older snapshot and patch it up to 19980803,
> but
> all the pieces you need are still there.
> 
> 
>   >   What is the feasibility of integrating someting like Checker
>   > into EGCS?
> It depends on the code.  I also thought that the checker support was
> already
> in egcs.  Or am I confusing it with some other checker-like code in
> the 
> compiler?
> 
Since egcs is a compiler SYSTEM as opposed to just a compiler, I think
he suggesting that the checker code eventually be integrated into the
egcs source tree, as opposed to hiding at alpha.gnu.org as a separate
package.  This may also spur more activity related to developing and
testing such an important tool.

> jeff
>