On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 12:58:32PM -0500, Phil Edwards wrote: > On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 05:46:28PM +0000, Loic Jaquemet wrote: > > I search a bit in the gcc CVS, and found that gcc's CVS was patched > > around May 2002 > > ( > > http://gcc.gnu.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/gcc/gcc/c-common.h?rev=1.137&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup > > ) to support(parse at least) this option ? > > I don't find it in debian's gcc 3.2.1ds6 sources .. ( that's should be > > why it doesn't work ;) ) > > Am i mistaken ? Is it a bug or a packaging choice or a different branch > > ? > > A different branch. TLS support was added to GCC's main development branch. > The 3.2 branch didn't get it, because the release branches must stay stable, > and changes like TLS tend to be destabilizing. > > You can try tracking the gcc-snapshot package, since you're using unstable.
... - but we may want to consider examining the rhl8 CVS branch for patches; it would be nice to support this in our 3.2 packages if it's relatively painless, and I think it is. Large, but painless, since RH did the work already. -- Daniel Jacobowitz MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer