PATCH for Re: more evidence that failing to detect ICE's is a significant problem

Jeffrey A Law law@cygnus.com
Wed Aug 19 22:34:00 GMT 1998


  In message < u93eas4lh6.fsf@yorick.cygnus.com >you write:
  > Oops, I forgot to respond to this before.  I don't think this patch is a
  > good idea, as there's no way to set XFAIL for the ICE.  I think the old way
  > of considering an ICE to be a failure was fine.  Sure, all crashes are
  > bugs, but not necessarily worse bugs than others.
It had been sitting for a while, so I figured it was free game :-)

It sounds like you and Mark are still discussing if the patch should
stay or go.  If y'all decide the patch should be reverted, then revert
it -- I've got no strong opinions either way.

jeff



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