Hi, In PR64683 comment 11, Ian mentioned: ... This bug may have the same symptoms but it has a completely different cause. Next time, please do not reopen the bug unless you are certain it has the same cause. Please open a new bug instead. Thanks. ...
I couldn't find a similar rule in the 'Reporting Bugs' section, so this patch adds such a rule.
The patch (validated as required) adds the following item to the 'Reporting Bugs - What we DON'T want' bit of https://gcc.gnu.org/bugs/ :
... * Reopening a bug report when you're not certain that the failure you're reporting has the same root cause as the reopened bug report ... Thanks, - Tom
Index: htdocs/bugs/index.html =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/gcc/wwwdocs/htdocs/bugs/index.html,v retrieving revision 1.116 diff -u -r1.116 index.html --- htdocs/bugs/index.html 5 Jul 2014 21:52:32 -0000 1.116 +++ htdocs/bugs/index.html 20 Apr 2015 10:46:37 -0000 @@ -119,6 +119,9 @@ <li>Questions about the correctness or the expected behavior of certain constructs that are not GCC extensions. Ask them in forums dedicated to the discussion of the programming language</li> + + <li>Reopening a bug report when you're not certain that the failure you're + reporting has the same root cause as the reopened bug report</li> </ul> <h3><a name="where">Where to post it</a></h3>
