From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 17311 invoked by alias); 13 Sep 2003 00:01:36 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 17303 invoked from network); 13 Sep 2003 00:01:36 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO redhat.com) (24.131.133.249) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 13 Sep 2003 00:01:36 -0000 Received: by redhat.com (Postfix, from userid 201) id D615032A822; Fri, 12 Sep 2003 20:01:33 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 00:01:00 -0000 From: Christopher Faylor To: Michael Elizabeth Chastain Cc: gdb@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: gcc HEAD bad stabs (?) Message-ID: <20030913000133.GA26022@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Michael Elizabeth Chastain , gdb@sources.redhat.com References: <200309122224.h8CMOSkI027465@duracef.shout.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200309122224.h8CMOSkI027465@duracef.shout.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-SW-Source: 2003-09/txt/msg00175.txt.bz2 On Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 06:24:28PM -0400, Michael Elizabeth Chastain wrote: >cgf> "again"? When did it stop? > >Okay, "again" is not quite what I meant to say. I really meant: >"once again, gcc HEAD has a new bug". I'm starting to expect 1-2 >of these per week. > >cgf> Things seem to be getting worse and worse. > >They are. I'm opening bugs against gcc HEAD faster than the gcc >people are closing them. And I still have several regressions >left over from the April-June period when I wasn't around. > >As far as I can see, the only feedback loop for gcc debug info >changes is me running the test suite. Ideas for improving this >welcomed. I think you're providing a valuable service. It's too bad that generating correct debug info doesn't seem to be a sexy thing to do, so it ends up getting worse and worse. Hmm. Have you considered sending email with a subject like "The continual degradation of stabs with gcc" or something like that? I'd do it but then someone would ask for details... cgf