Similarities between gcc and binutils

Brian Dessent brian@dessent.net
Thu Jun 28 04:28:00 GMT 2007


NightStrike wrote:

> I recently submitted my first bug and patch to gcc
> (http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32532), and it dealt with
> an unused variable in libiberty/argv.c.  I just found out that the
> same condition exists at the same line in the same file for binutils.
> Are these files supposed to be in sych somehow?  Am I supposed to
> submit the bug to both products?

No.  The gcc copy of libiberty is the master; whoever commits the patch
to the gcc tree is supposed to commit it to the src tree too at the same
time (or find someone to do it for them.)

Brian



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