tags 620448 + upstream quit Matthias Klose wrote: > On 04/02/2011 12:37 AM, Josh Triplett wrote:
>> GNU as recently introduced a new check for the .size directive, which >> has caught some fairly widespread errors (often caused by typos). >> However, this check results in errors, rather than warnings, and since >> the check has never existed before and the previous behavior simply >> ignored the incorrect directive, this has broken the builds of many >> different pieces of software. In particular, breaks compilation of all [...] > staying with the upstream behaviour. So that would make this an upstream bug or feature request, right? I didn't see ay explanation in the aforementioned through for why this has to be an error by default. Maybe it would be worth a report at <http://sourceware.org/bugzilla>. Certainly the patch could be simple: something like -- >8 -- --- a/gas/as.h +++ b/gas/as.h @@ -579,8 +579,8 @@ COMMON char * found_comment_file; /* If .size directive failure should be error or warning. */ COMMON enum { - size_check_error = 0, - size_check_warning + size_check_warning = 0, + size_check_error } flag_size_check; #endif -- 8< -- I imagine. Good luck, Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
