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Re: PATCH: Update longlong.h from GLIBC
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.
Changing this file has quite a high potential for introducing
regressions. I don't think we should risk that on the release branch.
R.