Re: confusing message in Debian gcc "bug is not reproducible, so it is likely a hardware or OS problem"
On 24.09.2012 14:10, Basile Starynkevitch wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 01:49:29PM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote:
>> On 24.09.2012 13:27, Basile Starynkevitch wrote:
>>> Hello All,
>>>
>>> See http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2012-09/msg00232.html for details about my suggestion.
>>>
>>> The message
>>> The bug is not reproducible, so it is likely a hardware or OS problem
>>> is apparently Debian specific http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2012-09/msg00234.html
>>
>> this is a patch applied to Debian, Ubuntu, and afaik to Fedora (orginating from
>> Jakub).
>>
>>> But it is very confusing, since plugin failures also trigger it.
>>>
>>> I suggest to replace it with
>>>
>>> The bug is not reproducible, so it could be a plugin, hardware or OS problem
>>
>> Why should it be a plugin problem if it's not reproducible?
>
>
> Ok, to say it in other words:
>
> experimentally, a plugin which calls fatal_error (and this is definitely an
> acceptable behavior for plugins) makes Debian GCC output the original message,
> which is very confusing since the error is really called by a plugin.
> I have no idea if a plugin problem is considered or not as a non reproducible bug.
> But certainly, a fatal_error from a plugin's pass should not make GCC gives a
> message which suggest hardware issues, while it is simply due to some plugin.
>
> It would be very nice if the error message contained the "plugin" word (at least
> when some plugin is used).
Basile, maybe you could extend the patch that it only adds the hint for the
plugin if some -plugin options are passed?
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