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Re: [4.7, go] Backport godump.c patch
Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com> writes:
> On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 9:53 AM, Rainer Orth wrote:
>
>> I found that this patch
>>
>> 2012-12-04 Ian Lance Taylor
>> * godump.c (find_dummy_types): Output a dummy type if we couldn't
>> output the real type.
>>
>>
>>
>> fixes the problem, so I'd like to backport it.
>>
>> i386-pc-solaris2.11 bootstrap still running, ok for 4.7 branch if it
>> passes?
>
> It's fine with me though I guess it needs to be approved by a release
> branch manager.
Ok, Cc'ed. The i386-pc-solaris2.11 bootstrap now completed
successfully, and I've also bootstrapped on x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu to
make sure nothing breaks.
While the patch doesn't fix a regression, it does fix a bootstrap
failure and has been on mainline for 3 1/2 months, so seems pretty
safe.
>> One additional question: the patch updates the copyright date by adding
>> 2012. How do we hande this for a backport? Keep it that way or update
>> for 2013 instead?
>
> Keep it as 2012 since that is when the code was written.
Will do.
Thanks.
Rainer
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Rainer Orth, Center for Biotechnology, Bielefeld University