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| author | abs <abs@pkgsrc.org> | 2001-12-31 14:09:15 +0000 |
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| committer | abs <abs@pkgsrc.org> | 2001-12-31 14:09:15 +0000 |
| commit | 0e280055c2905424deb0389a18498e9c2c10b2db (patch) | |
| tree | 2dc7759bef9f8cf0a07d730bcac0cc6c4aabd8bc /Packages.txt | |
| parent | a2dd9aca88409e2ae16ac3c89f32f0bd0c3220b9 (diff) | |
| download | pkgsrc-0e280055c2905424deb0389a18498e9c2c10b2db.tar.gz | |
add 10.22 How to handle compiler bugs
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diff --git a/Packages.txt b/Packages.txt index 89ad5132978..33592b7d059 100644 --- a/Packages.txt +++ b/Packages.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# $NetBSD: Packages.txt,v 1.222 2001/12/26 15:06:35 mason Exp $ +# $NetBSD: Packages.txt,v 1.223 2001/12/31 14:09:15 abs Exp $ ########################################################################### ========================== @@ -2144,6 +2144,20 @@ created at pre-install time, and the admin will be prompted to remove them at post-deinstall time. + 10.22 How to handle compiler bugs + ================================= + +Some source files trigger bugs in the compiler, based on combinations +of compiler version and architecture and almost always relation to +optimsation being enabled. Common symptoms are gcc internal errors +or never finishing compiling a file. + +Typically a workaround involves testing the MACHINE_ARCH and compiler +version, disabling optimisation for that file/MACHINE_ARCH/compiler +combination, and documenting it in doc/HACKS. See doc/HACKS for +examples. + + 11 Submitting & Committing ========================== |