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Re: [RFA,doc] libstdc++ FAQ and bug reporting
- From: Gerald Pfeifer <gerald at pfeifer dot com>
- To: Jonathan Wakely <jwakely dot gcc at gmail dot com>
- Cc: libstdc++ at gcc dot gnu dot org, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2011 00:35:01 +0100 (CET)
- Subject: Re: [RFA,doc] libstdc++ FAQ and bug reporting
- References: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1101301543410.14698@gerinyyl.fvgr> <AANLkTimpRVoTw0HP9AK=SG0iptE=krHEwT=864rAk3NP@mail.gmail.com>
On Sun, 30 Jan 2011, Jonathan Wakely wrote:
> Although I agree that problems with v2 headers are not reported now
> and that paragraph could go, the next one starting "If the headers"
> makes less sense ... which headers?
>
> How about "If you are using headers in ${prefix}/include/g++-3 ..." ?
Sounds good to me. Do you approve the following, update patch for
mainline and the GCC 4.5 branch?
Gerald
2011-02-07 Gerald Pfeifer <gerald@pfeifer.com>
* doc/xml/faq.xml: Adjust link to bug database.
Remove old item on broken header files.
Index: doc/xml/faq.xml
===================================================================
--- doc/xml/faq.xml (revision 169868)
+++ doc/xml/faq.xml (working copy)
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@
</para>
<para>
Before reporting a bug, please examine the
- <link xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"; xlink:href="http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs.html";>bugs database</link> with the
+ <link xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"; xlink:href="http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs/";>bugs database</link> with the
category set to <quote>g++</quote>.
</para>
</answer>
@@ -848,17 +848,9 @@
</question>
<answer xml:id="a-v2_headers">
<para>
- If you have found an extremely broken header file which is
- causing problems for you, look carefully before submitting a
- "high" priority bug report (which you probably
- shouldn't do anyhow; see the last paragraph of the page
- describing <link xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"; xlink:href="http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs.html";>the GCC
- bug database</link>).
- </para>
- <para>
- If the headers are in <filename>${prefix}/include/g++-3</filename>, or
- if the installed library's name looks like
- <filename>libstdc++-2.10.a</filename> or
+ If you are using headers in
+ <filename>${prefix}/include/g++-3</filename>, or if the installed
+ library's name looks like <filename>libstdc++-2.10.a</filename> or
<filename>libstdc++-libc6-2.10.so</filename>, then you are using the
old libstdc++-v2 library, which is nonstandard and
unmaintained. Do not report problems with -v2 to the -v3