[Bug bootstrap/45381] [4.6 Regression] Bootstrap failure for powerpc-apple-darwin9: error: AltiVec argument passed to unprototyped function

[iains at gcc dot gnu.org]

http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=45381

--- Comment #10 from Iain Sandoe <iains at gcc dot gnu.org> 2011-02-08 16:44:15 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #9)
> I don't think we really want to pursue this further.
> 
> I had hoped to find a solution that satisfied the older apple compiler -- it
> is supposed to support altivec after all -- but it remains a mystery what is
> broken with that compiler.

OK, that's fair 
- so is the solution to apply (an updated) patch like comment #1  ?
- or must earlier darwin systems do that locally?

(I'm not clear whether the limitation of 4.0.5 applies generally or only to the
Apple Local versions)