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Re: bootstrap problems
- To: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, gdr at codesourcery dot com
- Subject: Re: bootstrap problems
- From: Jan Hubicka <jh at suse dot cz>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 17:05:59 +0200
> | Code that's added to the compiler that does more sanity checks of internal
> | rules is good.
>
> But if such code stops bootstrapping, there is no benefit since no
> work can be persued. Such sanity checks are definitely good if they
> come along with the cure symptoms they reveal.
I am doing best to fix the problems sanity checking finds.
Before I installed the patch in question, I've checked that it bootstraps
i386 and ppc and right now I am doing my best to fix the mips problem,
even when it is tricky to reproduce it.
Of course I agree that installing code that breaks compiler from working
and not doing anything with that is bad. But installing sanity checking
and fixing the bugs is good to my best belief.
Honza