Your message dated Tue, 12 Apr 2005 11:02:13 -0400 with message-id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and subject line Bug#304089: [PPC] Enable -mvrsave=yes by default has caused the attached Bug report to be marked as done.
This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with. If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith. (NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what I am talking about this indicates a serious mail system misconfiguration somewhere. Please contact me immediately.) Debian bug tracking system administrator (administrator, Debian Bugs database) -------------------------------------- Received: (at submit) by bugs.debian.org; 10 Apr 2005 20:00:38 +0000 >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Apr 10 13:00:38 2005 Return-path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from ppp27-adsl-138.ath.forthnet.gr (localhost.localdomain) [212.251.110.138] by spohr.debian.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 1 (Debian)) id 1DKibm-00089p-00; Sun, 10 Apr 2005 13:00:38 -0700 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Konstantinos Margaritis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Debian Bug Tracking System <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [PPC] Enable -mvrsave=yes by default X-Mailer: reportbug 3.8 Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 22:44:40 +0300 Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on spohr.debian.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-8.0 required=4.0 tests=BAYES_00,HAS_PACKAGE autolearn=no version=2.60-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 X-Spam-Level: Package: gcc-3.4 Version: 3.4.3-12 Severity: grave Apparently latest packages of gcc-3.4 have disabled -mvrsave=yes for powerpc. This breaks existing software which uses Altivec and it's also wrong. Even worse, it's not documented in the changelog (Debian or normal). The code that is produced is unstable. Please enable it by default. Thanks Konstantinos -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: powerpc (ppc) Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-powerpc Locale: LANG=el_GR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=el_GR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages gcc-3.4 depends on: ii binutils 2.15-5 The GNU assembler, linker and bina ii cpp-3.4 3.4.3-12 The GNU C preprocessor ii gcc-3.4-base 3.4.3-12 The GNU Compiler Collection (base ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libgcc1 1:3.4.3-12 GCC support library -- no debconf information --------------------------------------- Received: (at 304089-done) by bugs.debian.org; 12 Apr 2005 15:02:20 +0000 >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Apr 12 08:02:20 2005 Return-path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from nevyn.them.org [66.93.172.17] (Debian-exim) by spohr.debian.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 1 (Debian)) id 1DLMu7-0002NS-00; Tue, 12 Apr 2005 08:02:15 -0700 Received: from drow by nevyn.them.org with local (Exim 4.50 #1 (Debian)) id 1DLMu5-0001da-U2; Tue, 12 Apr 2005 11:02:14 -0400 Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 11:02:13 -0400 From: Daniel Jacobowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Konstantinos Margaritis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Matthias Klose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Bug#304089: [PPC] Enable -mvrsave=yes by default Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on spohr.debian.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-6.0 required=4.0 tests=BAYES_00,HAS_BUG_NUMBER autolearn=no version=2.60-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 X-Spam-Level: On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 05:52:01PM +0300, Konstantinos Margaritis wrote: > Still, I understand that there are some thoughts to enable vrsave in > the kernel. In that case, shouldn't the compiler enable it per > default? There's no point until there's a transition plan. The kernel can't turn it on while people still have binaries that ignore it. > As far as I'm concerned, this bug may be closed or turned to a > wishlist. Thanks, I'm going to close it. -- Daniel Jacobowitz CodeSourcery, LLC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]