bootstrap/5167: gcc-3.0.2 fails to bootstrap on Solaris 2.6

[Steven Sabean]

> To: Steven Sabean <Steven.Sabean@sun.com>
> Cc: rodrigc@gcc.gnu.org, gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org, gcc-prs@gcc.gnu.org, 
nobody@gcc.gnu.org, gcc-gnats@gcc.gnu.org
> Subject: Re: bootstrap/5167: gcc-3.0.2 fails to bootstrap on Solaris 2.6
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> On Thu, Mar 21, 2002 at 03:21:26PM -0700, Steven Sabean wrote:
> > Seems like a good way to keep the number of open bugs to a minimum is to 
close 
> > them without investigating at all, right?
> 
> I don't care for your tone.  Unlike you, I don't get paid by Sun
> to do this work, and am strictly a volunteer for the GCC project.
> So try to be nice.
> 

I apologize.  I found it incredibly frustrating to have a bug report closed 
without anyone ever even trying to reproduce the problem.

> > Why don't you try following the link to the "successful build report" you 
> > mention?
> > 
> > You might notice that there is no report of a successful build of gcc-3.0.2 
on 
> > Solaris 2.6.
> 
> There is a successful build report of gcc 3.0.4 on Solaris 2.6.
> 
> gcc 3.0.4 has bugfixes on top of gcc 3.0.2.
> So, this bug report is not worth keeping open in my opinion.

Fair enough.  But why not just state that gcc-3.0.2 is no longer supported?

> 
> -- 
> Craig Rodrigues        
> http://www.gis.net/~craigr    
> rodrigc@attbi.com


-Steve Sabean
Sun Microsystems