Similarities between gcc and binutils

NightStrike nightstrike@gmail.com
Thu Jun 28 04:33:00 GMT 2007


On 6/27/07, Brian Dessent <brian@dessent.net> wrote:
> 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.)

Ok, so my work should be done, then, for the bug I submitted, correct?

Thanks to all helping out.  Obviously this is beyond trivial, but it
provides a good learning ground for how I should go about things in
the future.  Ditto for anyone reading these threads.



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