> I'd really appreciate it if people on unusual host systems (AIX, HPPA, > cygwin, etc.) could see what the effect of the patch in > <http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2005-04/msg00145.html> is on their > bootstrap. I've gotten no responses at all, and I presume this means > that lots of people have tried the patch and discovered that it works > fine, or they aren't too worried about discovering latent bugs and > having their bootstrap fail...
Wouldn't it be wonderful if that were the way things were. Anyway, comparison fails on hppa2.0w-hp-hpux11.11: Bootstrap comparison failure! libgcc/lib2funcs.o differs libgcc/lib2funcs_s.o differs make[1]: *** [gnucompare] Error 1 The problem seems to be in the $GDB_SYMBOLS$ section: libgcc/lib2funcs.o: file format som Symnum n_type n_othr n_desc n_value n_strx String -1 HdrSym 0 15 0000003c 1 0 SO 0 0 00000000 22 /var/tmp//ccdFfhzk.s 1 SOL 0 0 00000000 43 lib2funcs.asm stage2/libgcc/lib2funcs.o: file format som Contents of $GDB_SYMBOLS$ section: Symnum n_type n_othr n_desc n_value n_strx String -1 HdrSym 0 15 0000003c 1 0 SO 0 0 00000000 22 /var/tmp//ccexJisK.s 1 SOL 0 0 00000000 43 lib2funcs.asm Dave -- J. David Anglin [EMAIL PROTECTED] National Research Council of Canada (613) 990-0752 (FAX: 952-6602)