c/8108: Problem in the code generator for C and the linker is extremelly slow

[Wolfgang Bangerth]

The following reply was made to PR c/8108; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Wolfgang Bangerth <bangerth@ticam.utexas.edu>
To: gcc-gnats@gcc.gnu.org
Cc:  
Subject: Re: c/8108: Problem in the code generator for C and the linker is
 extremelly slow
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 08:26:03 -0600 (CST)

 ---------- Forwarded message ----------
 Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 09:04:13 +0100
 From: Manuel Serrano <Manuel.Serrano@sophia.inria.fr>
 To: bangerth@dealii.org
 Subject: Re: c/8108: Problem in the code generator for C and the linker is
     extremelly slow
 
 >     Unfortunately, your report does not contain a self-contained
 >     testcase, i.e. a file (including a main function) that when
 >     compiled with a different set of flags or with a different
 >     compiler produces differing output. Please take a look at
 >     the bug reporting instructions at the gcc homepage
 >     (http://gcc.gnu.org/).
 >     
 >     Regarding the long linker times: this is likely a problem
 >     with the linker, not with gcc. Did you observe the
 >     slowdown on the _same_ machine, i.e. using the same linker
 >     but different versions of the linker? Or was that on
 >     different machines with different linkers?
 Sorry, as I have said in my previous mail, the problem was too essential:
 Gcc3.2 (or the linker) was simply not usable for me as is. I have downgraded 
 to gcc2.95 since a long time and I don't have access anymore to any 
 gcc3.2xxx releases. Sorry but I can't help anymore.
 
 -- 
 Manuel