PATCH: Update longlong.h from GLIBC

[Andreas Jaeger]

On Tuesday, May 08, 2012 11:59:34 Richard Earnshaw wrote:
> On 08/05/12 10:04, Andreas Jaeger wrote:
> > On Tuesday, May 08, 2012 10:43:14 Richard Guenther wrote:
> >> On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 11:11 PM, H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com> wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>> 
> >>> I am preparing to update GLIBC longlong.h from GCC.  This patch
> >>> updates GCC longlong.h to use a URL instead of an FSF postal address
> >>> and  replace spaces with tab.  OK to install?
> >>> 
> >>> Since I'd like to simply copy longlong.h from GCC release branch to
> >>> GLIBC, Is this also OK for 4.7 branch?
> >> 
> >> Why?  Does it fix anything there?
> > 
> > It makes sharing the file between gcc and glibc easier,
> > 
> > Andreas
> 
> Why should glibc be depending on the GCC release branch?  Sounds like
> the tail wagging the dog.

Ah, you discuss the release branch ;) Let HJ defend that one.


> Changing this file has quite a high potential for introducing
> regressions.  I don't think we should risk that on the release branch.

It's only whitespace  IMO. I'm arguing for the trunk to take the change,

Andreas
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