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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/gcc/f/BUGS b/gnu/usr.bin/gcc/f/BUGS index 7faed1860bc..f6232ce52ba 100644 --- a/gnu/usr.bin/gcc/f/BUGS +++ b/gnu/usr.bin/gcc/f/BUGS @@ -44,8 +44,6 @@ port, build, and install `g77', *Note Problems Installing::. the way the `gcc' command does. For example, `gcc' accepts abbreviated forms of long options, `g77' generally doesn't. - * `g77' could use a `--help' option of some sort. - * Some confusion in diagnostics concerning failing `INCLUDE' statements from within `INCLUDE''d or `#include''d files. @@ -99,6 +97,13 @@ port, build, and install `g77', *Note Problems Installing::. similar bug for local equivalence areas, so that has been disabled as well. + As of Version 0.5.19, a temporary kludge solution is provided + whereby some rudimentary information on a member is written as a + string that is the member's value as a character string. + + *Note Options for Code Generation Conventions: Code Gen Options, + for information on the `-fdebug-kludge' option. + * When debugging, after starting up the debugger but before being able to see the source code for the main program unit, the user must currently set a breakpoint at `MAIN__' (or `MAIN___' or @@ -132,9 +137,9 @@ port, build, and install `g77', *Note Problems Installing::. up only when compiling the Fortran program with `-O'. * `g77' doesn't work on 64-bit configurations such as the Alpha. - The problem is not yet adequately investigated, and some Alpha - users are having quite a bit of success, so perhaps it depends on - the OS and configuration of `gcc' they are using. + This problem is expected to be largely resolved as of version + 0.5.20, and version 0.6 should solve most or all related problems + (such as 64-bit machines other than DEC Alphas). * Maintainers of gcc report that the back end definitely has "broken" support for `COMPLEX' types. Based on their input, it seems many @@ -142,11 +147,9 @@ port, build, and install `g77', *Note Problems Installing::. `__complex__' type, such as `__complex__ int' (where the real and imaginary parts are integers) that GNU Fortran does not use. - But there might well be some problems with the portions of - `__complex__' support in the back end that `g77' uses to implement - `COMPLEX' and `DOUBLE COMPLEX'. More investigation is needed, but - bug reports are definitely welcome, since that can help speed - investigation of problem areas. + Version 0.5.20 of `g77' is expected to work around this problem by + not using the back end's support for `COMPLEX'. This work has + already been done, and is being tested by developers. * There seem to be some problems with passing constants, and perhaps general expressions (other than simple variables/arrays), to |