From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp-out.tiscali.be (spoolo2.tiscali.be [62.235.13.211]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78CCA4892 for ; Sat, 14 Feb 2004 12:29:17 -0700 (MST) Message-ID: <402E7722.2080105@tiscali.be> Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2004 19:29:38 +0000 From: Joel Soete MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Carlos O'Donell Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] glibc-2.3.3 & gcc-snapshot (3.5.0) pb References: <20040211162702.GI990@baldric.uwo.ca> <402A4CA500001B4D@ocpmta2.freegates.net> <20040213194906.GA6760@baldric.uwo.ca> <20040214001729.GA4727@colo.lackof.org> <20040214182319.GA8542@baldric.uwo.ca> In-Reply-To: <20040214182319.GA8542@baldric.uwo.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Cc: John David Anglin , James Morrison , Grant Grundler , parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Carlos O'Donell wrote: >>>Aggressive inlining, and inlining mistakes might cause the function to >>>disapper. Unless you can produce a *small* testcase the gcc team will >>>not look at the bug. You can't say "glibc doesn't build with gcc-3.5" >>>... well I guess you can, but nobody will have a clue how to fix the >>>issue. >> >>And he should say *something*. >>Pointing at the problem is a first step towards fixing it. >>Don't wait until you have a "small" test case to point out a problem >>since one might never (have time to) find one. >> >>Even though I fix very few bugs these days, I'm grateful for >>every bug report. > > > I was too harsh, sorry for that, you should really submit a bug report > saying that glibc 2.3.3 doesn't build with gcc-3.5 on hppa-linux. It's > the truth, and you don't know why. The best you can do is list the > steps you used to recreate the problem. > Ok, I will try to report as much detail as I can. Thanks for all, Joel