From 43850b301c4e8b22d7303d60c101d359c6b44932 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Yann E. MORIN\"" Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2011 19:21:15 +0200 Subject: docs: add a status for know issues As time passes, a known issues can be no longer applicable (because the component has been fixed, or a workaround ahs been added in the crosstool-NG scripts/config...). Some may also be unconfirmed, with no way to easily trigger the error, or applies to old versions of components... Add a status for every known issues. Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" diff --git a/docs/B - Known issues.txt b/docs/B - Known issues.txt index 0bbe7a5..8ba4711 100644 --- a/docs/B - Known issues.txt +++ b/docs/B - Known issues.txt @@ -27,6 +27,17 @@ The following dummy section explains it all. happens, what has been investigated so far, and possible orientations as how to try to solve this (eg. URLs, code snippets...). + Status: + Tells about the status of the issue: + UNCONFIRMED : missing information, or unable, to reproduce, but there + is consensus that there is an issue somewhere... + CURRENT : the issue is applicable. + DEPRECATED : the issue used to apply in some cases, but has not been + confirmed or reported again lately. + CLOSED : the issue is no longer valid, and a fix has been added + either as a patch to this component, and/or as a + workaround in the scripts and/or the configuration. + Fix: What you have to do to fix it, if at all possible. The fact that there is a fix, and yet this is a known issue means that @@ -53,6 +64,9 @@ Explanations: A possible fix could probably set the environment variable CCACHE_CC to the actual compiler used. +Status: + CURRENT + Fix: None known. @@ -68,6 +82,9 @@ Explanations: case-sensitive. You have to use so-called "managed" mounts. See: http://cygwin.com/faq.html section 4, question 32. +Status: + DEPRECATED + Fix: Use "managed" mounts for the directories where you build *and* install your toolchains. @@ -83,6 +100,9 @@ Explanations: With uClibc, it is possible to build a cross-ldd. Unfortunately, it is not (currently) possible to build this cross-ldd under Cygwin. +Status: + DEPRECATED + Fix: None so far. @@ -100,6 +120,9 @@ Explanations: core gcc is not located in the same place it is located when building with shared companion libraries. +Status: + DEPRECATED + Fix: None so far. @@ -120,6 +143,9 @@ Explanations: will not be built. There is nothing to be worry about (unless you do want to build the Fortran frontend, of course). +Status: + CURRENT + Fix: None so far. It's a spurious error, so there will probably never be a fix for this issue. @@ -137,6 +163,9 @@ Explanations: need sjlj. On some architectures, gcc is unable to determine whether sjlj are needed or not. +Status: + CURRENT + Fix: None so far. @@ -154,6 +183,9 @@ Explanations: of glibc (and possibly eglibc as well) on some architectures (seen on powerpc, s390, s390x and x86_64). +Status: + CURRENT + Fix: None so far. It would require some glibc hacking. -- cgit v0.10.2-6-g49f6