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Re: 2 x86-64 ABI bugs in gcc 3.3 and 3.4

On Tue, 18 May 2004, Gerald Pfeifer wrote:
> 2) Approving such a change for 3.3 without checking the situation on 3.4
> means that we may have ABI breakage from 3.3 to 3.4, and yet again (just
> in the other direction) from 3.4 to 3.5.
>
> I raised this once, and I repeat it: IMnsHO you must not approve this kind
> of changes without first checking the situation on 3.4.

Please forget this one: Mark's message concerning 3.4 was delayed, and I
assume that (unlike me) you had seen this before responding. Sorry.

Still, I am concerned about ABI breakage on release branches, especially
as 3.3.x is already used as a system compiler in several GNU/Linux distros
and FreeBSD.

Gerald
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