Re: [commit] note non-building architectures

Stan Shebs
2005-05-02T16:50:11Z

Mark Kettenis wrote:

> Date: Mon, 02 May 2005 11:57:10 -0400
> From: Andrew Cagney <cagney@gnu.org>
>
> Mark Kettenis wrote:
> > Date: Sun, 01 May 2005 19:11:47 -0400
> > From: Andrew Cagney <cagney@gnu.org>
> >
> > As part of getting ready for GCC 4, I've found that a number of arches
> > don't build with gcc-3.4 when using gdb_mbuild.sh. As an aid, and to
> > stop me and presumably others from going round in circles, I've updated
> > the MAINTAINERS file to both reflect current reality note the problem.
> >
> > I think your GCC 3.4 is busted.
>
> My GCC? What a strange turn of expression. I'm pretty sure the warning
> will also happen with your gcc.
>
>Nope, 2.95.3 and 3.3.5 are fine. And as Andreas Schwab there's a GCC
>bug report for this problem. Alas, this is not an ideal world where
>compiler warnings involve no false positives.
>
>This will probably be fixed eventually, either on the GCC side, or by
>adding a workaround to BFD. Meanwhile I want us to take notice that
>the fact that vax and m68k are in pretty good shape and that listing
>them as broken in MAINTAINERS is no indication that there is something
>wrong with those targets themselves.
>
Perhaps the status note could be enhanced to say
"builds with -Wno-error" or some such.

Stan