"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > However, as I understand it, the bug indicated a problem with the > compiler (an internal error), so other programs compiled with the > compiler would fail.
That's incorrect. If the compiler encounters an internal error, it refuses to compile. So programs that suffer from this compiler bug cannot be compiled - they won't get a chance to fail themselves because of that. > If I find a bug in the stable compiler for Debian, I would regard it > as important to report the bug. Can you please let me know if it > would be important to report a similar type bug in the future? Internal compiler errors should always be reported. In many cases, a trivial change in the compiler will fix the problem, so newer compilers often have many of these problems fixed. Backporting those changes to older compilers is time-consuming (because of the sheer number of such bugs), so it usually won't happen unless some other important package cannot be compiled, and no work-around (by reformulating the code of that other package) can be found. Regards, Martin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]