Re: DECL_DEFER_OUTPUT Change and Java

[Jeffrey Oldham <oldham at codesourcery dot com>]

Jeffrey Oldham <oldham@codesourcery.com> writes:
> On 2001Feb26, the treatment of DECL_DEFER_OUTPUT in gcc/toplev.c and
> gcc/c-decl.c was changed.  While the resulting source code still
> bootstraps, it does not compile when using "../configure
> --enable-languages=java".  What Java code does the (attached) change
> break?
...
>     <built-in>:0: storage size of `_ZTVN4java4lang5ClassE' isn't known

Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> writes:
> I believe Per Bothner just checked in a patch to fix this.

Indeed, Per Bothner check in his patch yesterday while I was searching
for the problem.  See
http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2001-03/msg00270.html.

Thanks to all involved in solving this bootstrap problem.

Thanks,
Jeffrey D. Oldham
oldham@codesourcery.com

****  Note for those interested in history ****

On 01 Mar, Per Bothner wrote:
> Does this seem like a reasonable patch?  (I would be happier if I
> understood why there wasn't a problem before!)

Now the problem's origin is known.  See
http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-bugs/2001-03/msg00158.html.