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Re: GCC build failed with your patch on 2001-01-09T11:35:00Z.
- To: Geoff Keating <geoffk at redhat dot com>
- Subject: Re: GCC build failed with your patch on 2001-01-09T11:35:00Z.
- From: Jeffrey A Law <law at redhat dot com>
- Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2001 14:33:32 -0700
- cc: dje at watson dot ibm dot com, mark at codesourcery dot com, aoliva at redhat dot com, rth at redhat dot com, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, gcc-regression at gcc dot gnu dot org, grahams at redhat dot com, jsm28 at cam dot ac dot uk, mhayes at redhat dot com, neil at daikokuya dot demon dot co dot uk, osk at hem dot passagen dot se
- Reply-To: law at redhat dot com
In message <200101092123.NAA10661@geoffk.org>you write:
> > I would love to have the rs6000 port fixed. I have been examining
> > this recently and Geoff also investigated this in the past. Richard and
> > Mark both would be helped by being able to run the rs6000 port hosted on
> > 64-bit systems. If we want to make a concerted effort to fix this and
> > strenuously test it, I will be happy to help. Fixing the rs6000 port
> > means destabilizing it, and possibly common parts of the compiler as well
> .
>
> As you can see from the first message above, part of the fix is known
> to cause a problem on PA.
To reiterate, one of the patches to "fix" this problem was clearly broken,
not just on the PA, but on a variety of targets.
I posted a message which showed why. I don't remember when though, which
makes it harder to find it :-)
I'm willing to look for it if someone cares.
jeff