gcc bug impacts glibc cvs

[Ulrich Drepper]

Franz Sirl <Franz.Sirl-kernel@lauterbach.com> writes:

> How will you handle that case then?

As I said before: with a test.  If the one I sent is not sufficient
fix it.

> IMHO the only safe thing to do is to incorporate some kind of
> workaround and unconditionally enable it until GCC is fixed,
> everthing else is just depending on pure luck.

No.  The sources live far too long.  People will use it even when the
problem is fixed.  The policy always has been to have test to check
for the problems.

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