Files: gcc-4_2-branch/gcc/optc-gen.awk , gcc-4_2-branch/gcc/opth-gen.awk , gcc-4_3-trunk/gcc/optc-gen.awk and gcc-4_3-trunk/gcc/opth-gen.awk
All contain this credit line: print "/* This file is auto-generated by opts.sh. */" Numerous documents and other files all mention opts.sh but I can find no such file: gcc-4_2-branch/gcc/ChangeLog-2004: * opts.sh: Generate variable declarations, handle CL_REPORT. gcc-4_2-branch/gcc/doc/.svn/text-base/options.texi.svn-base:@cindex @samp{opts.sh} gcc-4_2-branch/gcc/doc/options.texi:@cindex @samp{opts.sh} gcc-4_2-branch/gcc/optc-gen.awk:print "/* This file is auto-generated by opts.sh. */" gcc-4_2-branch/gcc/opth-gen.awk:print "/* This file is auto-generated by opts.sh. */" gcc-4_2-branch/gcc/opts-common.c: issue, opts.sh makes "-gen-decls" point, via the back_chain member, ... It would be better if each of the "opt?-gen.awk" files credited themselves instead of a non-existant file. It makes it more difficult to find out how the files they create were created when you read those files with this erroneous information. -- Summary: The opt?-gen.awk file generators produce incorrect credits Product: gcc Version: 4.3.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: minor Priority: P3 Component: other AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: rob1weld at aol dot com http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32754