other/6955: collect2 says "core dumped" when there is no core

[Kaveh R. Ghazi]

The following reply was made to PR other/6955; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Kaveh R. Ghazi" <ghazi@caip.rutgers.edu>
To: bangerth@ices.utexas.edu
Cc: bruno@clisp.org, gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org, gcc-gnats@gcc.gnu.org,
        gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org, gdr@integrable-solutions.net,
        mark@codesourcery.com
Subject: Re: other/6955: collect2 says "core dumped" when there is no core
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 14:07:12 -0500 (EST)

  > From: Wolfgang Bangerth <bangerth@ticam.utexas.edu>
  > 
  > Let the patch go in! (I think it qualifies as "obvious".)
  > Thanks
  >  Wolfgang
 
 Well, "obvious" patches still should be tested somehow.  I figured out
 a way.  After compiling gcc, I replaced "ld" with a shell script like
 so, alternately replacing SEGV with TERM to control whether to
 create a core from "ld".
 
  > #!/bin/bash
  > kill -SEGV $$
 
 I verified that the current compiler's error message is wrong, and the
 patch fixes it.
 
 So I went ahead and installed it on the mainline as "obvious".
 
 Since this PR is a regression (albeit a minor one regarding an error
 message,) I'd like to get it into the branches if possible.
 
 OK for 3.3 and 3.2?
 http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2003-03/msg02151.html
 
 		Thanks,
 		--Kaveh
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 Kaveh R. Ghazi			ghazi@caip.rutgers.edu