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Re: GCC and boehm-gc

From: Michael Meissner <meissner at linux dot vnet dot ibm dot com>
To: NightStrike <nightstrike at gmail dot com>
Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:38:58 -0400
Subject: Re: GCC and boehm-gc
References: <b609cb3b0906180910n48417dbbkf31e014b30c38daf@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 12:10:53PM -0400, NightStrike wrote:
> Given the recent issues with libffi being so drastically out of synch
> with upstream, I was curious about boehm-gc and how that is handled.
> In getting gcj to work on Win64, the next step is boehm-gc now that
> libffi works just fine.  However, the garbage collector is in terrible
> shape and will need a bit of work.  Do we send those fixes here to
> GCC, or to some other project?  Who handles it?  How is the synching
> done compared to other external projects?

I have the following patch that is waiting for approval.  I sent mail to the
list Tom Tromey mentioned in the followup, but I haven't seen a reply yet.
http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2009-06/msg01094.html

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References:
- GCC and boehm-gc
  - From: NightStrike

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