GCC 4.0.2 Released

[Joel Sherrill <joel@OARcorp.com>]

Matthias Klose wrote:
> Mark Mitchell writes:
> 
>>Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>My inclination is to do nothing (other than correct the target
>>>>milestones on these bugs in bugzilla) and move on.  The Solaris problem
>>>>is bad, and I beat up on Benjamin to get it fixed, but I'm not sure it's
>>>>a crisis meriting another release cycle.  The C++ change fixed a
>>>>regression relative to 3.4.x, but not 4.0.x.  Andreas' change is only
>>>>known to affect m68k.
>>>
>>>... but IIRC it cripples GCC for m68k; Debian turned up hundreds of
>>>build failures because of this bug and it set builds back several
>>>weeks.
>>
>>Was this a regression from 4.0.0 or 4.0.1?
> 
> 
> I don't know. We noticed when we did switch the compiler from 3.3 to
> 4.0.  IMO, we (Debian) can make sure that the patch is applied in the
> compiler.

RTEMS will have to use the same patch as will anyone else interested.
So make sure the patch is easily accessible.

In spite of the pain, a dot release is probably the safest thing all
around.

Sorry this happened.  I can sympathize with your pain. :(

>   Matthias


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