>>>>> Jack Howarth writes: Jack> My question is whether the gcc 4.1 release would be Jack> held to fix this or will the Darwin target just be marked as broken for Jack> that release?
The release will be held. Quoting the GCC development plan: "If ... support for a platform with active maintenance has regressed significantly relative to an earlier Stage in the current release cycle, the release will be postponed until the regressions are corrected, unless the Steering Committee releases the automatic hold on the release." David