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Re: 3.1.1 PATCH: Fix libstdc++-v3 isprint for Solaris 2.5.1

From: Rainer Orth <ro at TechFak dot Uni-Bielefeld dot DE>
To: Gerald Pfeifer <pfeifer at dbai dot tuwien dot ac dot at>
Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, <libstdc++ at gcc dot gnu dot org>
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 14:16:58 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: Re: 3.1.1 PATCH: Fix libstdc++-v3 isprint for Solaris 2.5.1
References: <15663.30846.104622.726700@xayide.TechFak.Uni-Bielefeld.DE><Pine.BSF.4.44.0207131800040.90647-100000@pulcherrima.dbai.tuwien.ac.at>

Gerald Pfeifer writes:

> > This is not a regression since the test was only introduced after the 3.1
> > release, but it's a stupid bug and trivial to fix:
> 
> Just to make sure:  A regression is when a current version of GCC fails to
> correctly process a program that an earlier version of GCC processed fine.
> 
> "Program" here is not limited to programs that were already part of the
> testsuite of that earlier version of GCC, it can also be a completely new
> testcase.

Unfortunately, the bug is already present in the 3.0 branch and 2.95.x
libstdc++ didn't provide the interface.

Anyway, the patch may qualify as obvious and low-risk even for 3.1.1, since
it only affects Solaris 2.5.

	Rainer

References:
- 3.1.1 PATCH: Fix libstdc++-v3 isprint for Solaris 2.5.1
  - From: Rainer Orth
- Re: 3.1.1 PATCH: Fix libstdc++-v3 isprint for Solaris 2.5.1
  - From: Gerald Pfeifer

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