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Re: PATCH: BPs in Makeconfig & Makerules

[ One more try...  Ezlm rejected my original post because the "Sender:" was
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Geoff Keating <geoffk@cygnus.com> writes:

> > Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 16:54:49 -0700
> > From: Greg McGary <greg@mcgary.org>
> 
> > -CPPFLAGS-.ob = -DBOUNDED_POINTERS $(pic-default)
> > -CFLAGS-.ob = -g -fbounded-pointers
> > +CPPFLAGS-.ob = -fbounded-pointers $(pic-default)
> > +CFLAGS-.ob = -g -O2 -fno-optimize-sibling-calls
> 
> You need to add a comment saying what relation sibling calls has to
> bounded pointers.

OK.

> If this is just a workaround for a gcc bug, you need to say so, say
> which bug, and say precisely which version(s) are affected so that the
> workaround can be removed when the bug has gone.

Originally it was a workaround for a gcc bug, but after gcc was fixed,
I decided to retain it because it improves the debugging environment
to have a complete stack trace, and after all, BPs are primarily a
debugging tool.
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