Bootstrap failure in stage1 fix-header, !HAVE_DESIGNATED_INITIALIZERS

[Zack Weinberg]

On Sun, Aug 20, 2000 at 12:16:10PM -0400, Kaveh R. Ghazi wrote:
>  > From: Neil Booth <NeilB@earthling.net>
>  > 
>  > Zack Weinberg wrote:-
>  > 
>  > > Argh.  Right.  Add a call to cpp_init() just before the call to
>  > > cpp_reader_init(&scan_in) in fix-header.c:read_scan_file.  That should
>  > > fix the problem.  (If it does, please check in a patch to that effect.)
>  > 
>  > OK, I've done this.
>  > 
>  > Neil.
>  > 
>  > 	* fix-header.c (main): Initialize cpplib.
> 
> 
> Thanks, my bootstraps have managed to enter stage2 so this problem
> appears to be fixed.
> 
> IMHO, it would be useful to include an assertion somewhere in the
> cpplib code (perhaps wrapped by ENABLE_CHECKING) that ensures cpp_init
> has been called even if designated initializers are available.  That
> way one can catch this problem even if they are using gcc.

Good idea.  I'll add something to that effect.

zw