Bug 167148
| Summary: | inconsistent DW_AT_encoding value for "char" | ||
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| Product: | [Fedora] Fedora | Reporter: | Roland McGrath <roland> |
| Component: | gcc | Assignee: | Jakub Jelinek <jakub> |
| Status: | CLOSED RAWHIDE | QA Contact: | |
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | medium | ||
| Version: | 4 | CC: | graydon |
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| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | 4.0.1-13 | Doc Type: | Bug Fix |
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| Last Closed: | 2005-09-01 14:07:17 UTC | Type: | --- |
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
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| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
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Heh, unfixed bugs are going to haunt you...
I have fixed this 3 years ago, but for some reason I really don't remember now
only on gcc-3_{3,4}-rhl-branch and nowhere else.
Testing a new patch now...
http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2005-09/msg00026.html Will hit next gcc-4.0.1 rpms, already fixed in our gcc-3.4.*. Fixed in 4.0.1-13. |
Description of problem: We cannot figure out whether GCC thinks C should use DW_ATE_{un,}signed_char or DW_ATE_{un,}signed for the "char" types. From the source code it looks like the *_char types (CHAR_TYPE) are not used in C. But in practice it sometimes generates one and sometimes the other. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): gcc-4.0.1-4.fc4 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1.echo "char a = 'x'; const char b = 'x';" | gcc -g -o char.o -c -x c - ; eu-readelf --debug-dump=info char.o 2.echo "const char a = 'x'; char b = 'x';" | gcc -g -o char.o -c -x c - ; eu-readelf --debug-dump=info char.o 3. Compare the base_type with name "char" in each. Actual results: One says "encoding signed_char (6)". One says "encoding signed (5)". Expected results: Consistent definition of DWARF encoding for base types. Additional info: