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Re: [PATCH 3.0] leb128 test yields 'Linux: integer expression expected'
- From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at mvista dot com>
- To: Daniel Egger <degger at fhm dot edu>
- Cc: Phil Edwards <phil at jaj dot com>, gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org,gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 11:50:12 -0500
- Subject: Re: [PATCH 3.0] leb128 test yields 'Linux: integer expression expected'
- References: <20020201182755.A17501@disaster.basement.lan> <1012817012.22942.7.camel@sonja>
On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 11:03:31AM +0100, Daniel Egger wrote:
> Am Sam, 2002-02-02 um 00.27 schrieb Phil Edwards:
>
> > 69% /usr/bin/as --version 2> /dev/null
> > GNU assembler 2.11.92.0.12.3 20011121 Debian/GNU Linux
>
> Just stumbled over that a week ago; why on earth is Debian poisoning
> the version strings of the binutils? Unless there're severe changes to
> the plain sources that need to be identificable I cannot think of
> any sensible reason why Debian is doing this.
>
> Please enlighten me.
Got it in one.
It is considered Good Form to change the version string on any complex
piece of software when you add patches. Otherwise the folks who get
the bug reports don't know where you got your tools from.
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Daniel Jacobowitz Carnegie Mellon University
MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer