Re: binutils-2.15 - work around for gcc optimization problem on sparc -sun-solaris2.7

[Nick Clifton]

Hi Eric,

> > bfd/ChangeLog
> > 2004-07-13  Kelvin Lee  <address@hidden>
> >
> >         * elflink.c (elf_sort_symbol): Restructure code to avoid bug in
> >         Solairs hosted versions of gcc.
>
>
> I'm a bit confused by this patch:
> - is there really a bug "in Solaris hosted versions of gcc" involved here?  

Maybe...  It involves arithmetic comparisons of pointers to separately 
allocated objects, which is a bit dubious in the first place.

> If so, it would be nice to produce a testcase and file a PR with GCC 
> bugzilla (cc-ing address@hidden would be even nicer).

Indeed.

> - is the bug reported by Kevin not a mere duplicate of
>   http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2004-06/msg00089.html

Yes.

> which has been fixed by
>   http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2004-06/msg00114.html

Doh!  Yes - I missed this.  Very sorry.  I will revert Kelvin's patch.

Cheers
  Nick