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Re: egcs-971105: results on i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1
- To: jbuck at synopsys dot com (Joe Buck)
- Subject: Re: egcs-971105: results on i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1
- From: hjl at lucon dot org (H.J. Lu)
- Date: Thu, 6 Nov 1997 08:29:01 -0800 (PST)
- Cc: robert at physiol dot med dot tu-muenchen dot de, egcs at cygnus dot com
>
>
> > Why do we not just change
> > egcs-971105/gcc/testsuite/gcc.c-torture/execute/960218-1.c
> > to work around this well known libc5/linker bug?
>
> Because the bug is exactly what the test is testing for: ANSI C
> says that only the names in the standard can be reserved. Changing
> the test as you suggest would be pointless. This is a real failure
> to conform to ANSI C if the test fails.
>
I have no problems with libc 5 and binutils 2.8.1.0.15 on linux/x86.
I think the linker is fixed in binutils 2.8.1.0.15.
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H.J. Lu (hjl@gnu.ai.mit.edu)