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Re: My proposal for the libgcc runtime ABI (ia64 gcc/glibc is broken.)
- To: Ulrich Drepper <drepper at redhat dot com>
- Subject: Re: My proposal for the libgcc runtime ABI (ia64 gcc/glibc is broken.)
- From: "H . J . Lu" <hjl at lucon dot org>
- Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 13:26:17 -0700
- Cc: Joern Rennecke <amylaar at cygnus dot co dot uk>,libc-hacker at sourceware dot cygnus dot com, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- References: <200007111912.UAA08810@phal.cygnus.co.uk> <m3aefoihk3.fsf@otr.mynet.cygnus.com>
On Tue, Jul 11, 2000 at 12:38:04PM -0700, Ulrich Drepper wrote:
>
> It would be really advised that before gcc people take up the task of
> maintaining ABIs they look into the problems this involves in other
> projects.
>
Please take Ulrich's word for it. He was speaking from his experiences
maintaining the glibc runtime ABI in such a way that it will work with
all the existing binaries. It is a very difficult task. I don't think
gcc should take it before people know what is involved.
H.J.