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| author | Kaveh R. Ghazi <ghazi@caip.rutgers.edu> | 2004-10-14 12:18:15 +0000 |
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| committer | Kaveh Ghazi <ghazi@gcc.gnu.org> | 2004-10-14 12:18:15 +0000 |
| commit | c7525a642ea378b68354eaaf6778f5aeb64de19d (patch) | |
| tree | dee5838429ec63ac2e209cc45441c0cca1c5d953 /gcc/doc | |
| parent | f09232570b8b10dae73bfe54d6782cbd46a3c2ac (diff) | |
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install.texi (*-*-solaris2*): Update with info about kernel patches to solve spurious testsuite failures.
* doc/install.texi (*-*-solaris2*): Update with info about kernel
patches to solve spurious testsuite failures.
From-SVN: r89033
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diff --git a/gcc/doc/install.texi b/gcc/doc/install.texi index 18cff6a..dfbfaee 100644 --- a/gcc/doc/install.texi +++ b/gcc/doc/install.texi @@ -3506,6 +3506,17 @@ There are patches for Solaris 2.6 (105633-56 or newer for SPARC, 108377-20 for Intel), and Solaris 8 (108652-24 or newer for SPARC, 108653-22 for Intel) that fix this bug. +Sun bug 4927647 sometimes causes random spurious testsuite failures +related to missing diagnostic output. This bug doesn't affect GCC +itself, rather it is a kernel bug triggered by the @command{expect} +program which is used only by the GCC testsuite driver. When the bug +causes the @command{expect} program to miss anticipated output, extra +testsuite failures appear. + +There are patches for Solaris 8 (117350-12 or newer for SPARC, +117351-12 or newer for Intel) and Solaris 9 (117171-11 or newer for +SPARC, 117172-11 or newer for Intel) that address this problem. + @html <hr /> @end html |