[removed first hunk so it would apply to 2.16.1 - copyright date already updated - dank]

 Retrieved from http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2004-04/msg00646.html

 Fixes

 localealias.s:544: Error: junk at end of line, first unrecognized character is `,' 

 when building glibc-2.3.2 with gcc-3.4.0 and binutils-2.15.90.0.3

 Paths adjusted to match crosstool's patcher.

 Message-Id: m3n052qw2g.fsf@whitebox.m5r.de

 From: Andreas Schwab <schwab at suse dot de>

 To: Nathan Sidwell <nathan at codesourcery dot com>

 Cc: Ian Lance Taylor <ian at wasabisystems dot com>, binutils at sources dot redhat dot com

 Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 22:27:19 +0200

 Subject: Re: demand_empty_rest_of_line and ignore_rest_of_line

 Nathan Sidwell <nathan@codesourcery.com> writes:

 > Index: read.c

 > ===================================================================

 > RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gas/read.c,v

 > retrieving revision 1.76

 > diff -c -3 -p -r1.76 read.c

 > *** read.c	12 Mar 2004 17:48:12 -0000	1.76

 > --- read.c	18 Mar 2004 09:56:05 -0000

 > *************** read_a_source_file (char *name)

 > *** 1053,1059 ****

 >   #endif

 >   	  input_line_pointer--;

 >   	  /* Report unknown char as ignored.  */

 > ! 	  ignore_rest_of_line ();

 >   	}

 >   

 >   #ifdef md_after_pass_hook

 > --- 1053,1059 ----

 >   #endif

 >   	  input_line_pointer--;

 >   	  /* Report unknown char as ignored.  */

 > ! 	  demand_empty_rest_of_line ();

 >   	}

 >   

 >   #ifdef md_after_pass_hook

 This means that the unknown character is no longer ignored, despite the

 comment.  As a side effect a line starting with a line comment character

 not followed by APP in NO_APP mode now triggers an error instead of just a

 warning, breaking builds of glibc on m68k-linux.  Earlier in

 read_a_source_file where #APP is handled there is another comment that

 claims that unknown comments are ignored, when in fact they aren't (only

 the initial line comment character is skipped).

 Note that the presence of #APP will mess up the line counters, but

 that appears to be difficult to fix.

 Andreas.

 2004-04-23  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@suse.de>

 	* read.c (read_a_source_file): Ignore unknown text after line

 	comment character.  Fix misleading comment.

 --- binutils/gas/read.c.~1.78.~	2004-04-23 08:58:23.000000000 +0200

 +++ binutils/gas/read.c	2004-04-23 21:49:01.000000000 +0200

 @@ -950,10 +950,14 @@ read_a_source_file (char *name)

  	      unsigned int new_length;

  	      char *tmp_buf = 0;

 -	      bump_line_counters ();

  	      s = input_line_pointer;

  	      if (strncmp (s, "APP\n", 4))

 -		continue;	/* We ignore it */

 +		{

 +		  /* We ignore it */

 +		  ignore_rest_of_line ();

 +		  continue;

 +		}

 +	      bump_line_counters ();

  	      s += 4;

  	      sb_new (&sbuf);

 @@ -1052,7 +1056,7 @@ read_a_source_file (char *name)

  	    continue;

  #endif

  	  input_line_pointer--;

 -	  /* Report unknown char as ignored.  */

 +	  /* Report unknown char as error.  */

  	  demand_empty_rest_of_line ();

  	}

 -- 

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