On 24.09.2012 14:10, Basile Starynkevitch wrote: > On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 01:49:29PM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote: >> On 24.09.2012 13:27, Basile Starynkevitch wrote: >>> Hello All, >>> >>> See http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2012-09/msg00232.html for details about my >>> suggestion. >>> >>> The message >>> The bug is not reproducible, so it is likely a hardware or OS problem >>> is apparently Debian specific >>> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2012-09/msg00234.html >> >> this is a patch applied to Debian, Ubuntu, and afaik to Fedora (orginating >> from >> Jakub). >> >>> But it is very confusing, since plugin failures also trigger it. >>> >>> I suggest to replace it with >>> >>> The bug is not reproducible, so it could be a plugin, hardware or OS >>> problem >> >> Why should it be a plugin problem if it's not reproducible? > > > Ok, to say it in other words: > > experimentally, a plugin which calls fatal_error (and this is definitely an > acceptable behavior for plugins) makes Debian GCC output the original > message, > which is very confusing since the error is really called by a plugin. > I have no idea if a plugin problem is considered or not as a non > reproducible bug. > But certainly, a fatal_error from a plugin's pass should not make GCC > gives a > message which suggest hardware issues, while it is simply due to some > plugin. > > It would be very nice if the error message contained the "plugin" word (at > least > when some plugin is used).
Basile, maybe you could extend the patch that it only adds the hint for the plugin if some -plugin options are passed? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-gcc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/50605919.6050...@debian.org
