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Re: IA-64 gcc unwind/EH patch, and shared library bug fix
- To: Jakub Jelinek <jakub at redhat dot com>
- Subject: Re: IA-64 gcc unwind/EH patch, and shared library bug fix
- From: Jim Wilson <wilson at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2000 10:52:13 -0700
- cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
Doesn't this preclude building 32bit-> ia64-*-* crosses?
Yes. I had already put it on my list of things to fix.
The change was necessary though. It fixed an endian bug, and makes the code
conform to the ABI. Also, there are other people who are already using this
code, so it makes sense to accept the code, and then write another patch
which fixes the cross compile problem which I can then give to people that
are already using the first patch. We have some unfortunate out of sync
parallel development here.
I believe most people are doing native builds nowadays, so the cross compile
isn't as serious a problem as some of the other ones I am trying to fix.
Also, the only thing that breaks here is C++ EH, which has numerous other
problems anyways, so it is still better off than it was before.
Note, in general, I do not recommend use of the IA-64 port in the FSF gcc
source tree, because it is not finished yet, and is not stable yet.
Jim