IA32 bootstrap error

[Richard Kenner]

    > Do you really mean to require using an unreleased GDB in order to debug
    > programs produced by GCC?

    Yes, in order to debug an unreleased version of gcc.
    What's the problem?

For one thing, it means that people who want to test the new version
of GCC will also have to test that new version of GDB, which may not
be something they want to do.

For another, using the cvs head of a package can require knowlege of
that package's internals to fix any bugs you run into.  GCC knowlege
is quite specialized, as is GDB knowlege.  The number of people who
know both is *very* small and the number who know both *well* is
probably very close to zero.
 
    It is expected that gdb will release a version that supports the
    features once gcc is released (IE soon after).

And what if they don't?  Is the GCC release schedule to be held hostage
to the GDB release schedule or are we going to tell people "oh, by the way,
if you you want to debug programs produced by GCC 3.1, you'll have to
pick up this untested GDB"?