[binutils-gdb] gas: partly restore how current_location() had worked

[Jan Beulich]

On 04.12.2024 03:35, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
> On Tue, 3 Dec 2024, Jan Beulich via Binutils-cvs wrote:
> 
>> commit a3a47415b74d651dba205037cfc0fb600578c255
>> Author: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
>> Date:   Tue Dec 3 10:48:16 2024 +0100
>>
>>     gas: partly restore how current_location() had worked
>>     
>>     Commit 4a826962e760 changed its behavior without saying why, and without
>>     putting in place any testcase demonstrating the required behavior.
> 
>  You could have used the references, including the testcase, I gave you in 
> the discussion.  Putting blame in a commit message for what was the policy 
> at the time is I think unjust and unfounded.

Well, maybe. I'm sorry if you feel offended. I don't, however, think there
ever was a policy to explicitly forbid describing changes beyond their
mechanics.

Jan