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Re: [PATCH] Backport patchset V2 for the gcc-2_95-branch
- To: Bernd Schmidt <bernds at redhat dot com>
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] Backport patchset V2 for the gcc-2_95-branch
- From: Andreas Jaeger <aj at suse dot de>
- Date: 22 Nov 2000 08:05:36 +0100
- Cc: Franz Sirl <Franz dot Sirl-kernel at lauterbach dot com>,gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- References: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0011211650540.12759-100000@host117.cygnus>
>>>>> Bernd Schmidt writes:
> On Mon, 13 Nov 2000, Franz Sirl wrote:
>> At 10:55 13.11.00, Andreas Jaeger wrote:
>> > >>>>> Andreas Jaeger writes:
>> >
>> > >>>>> Franz Sirl writes:
>> > >> Ah, sorry. As usual I bootstrapped and tested (with --enable-checking)
>> > >> on powerpc-linux-gnu machines with either glibc-2.1.3 or glibc-2.2
>> > >> installed. Building glibc-2.2 also works fine and I recompiled and
>> > >> used KDE2 without problems.
>> >
>> >
>> > >> I'm interested to hear of other platform results!
>> > > So would I. I didn't notice new problems with ia32 yet,
>> >
>> >The patch set I made - which included your patches plus some others -
>> >did miscompile rpm and some other binaries. I don't know if it's the
>> >fault of your patches or of one of mine but I'd be cautious.
> Which other binaries? Can you point me at the exact sources you used?
It was a bug in glibc which only showed up in static binaries. We've
fixed glibc in the meantime - and I didn't check the GCC patches from
Franz again so far :-(.
Therefore close this report,
Thanks,
Andreas
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