docs: add a status for know issues

As time passes, a known issues can be no longer applicable (because
the component has been fixed, or a workaround ahs been added in the
crosstool-NG scripts/config...).

Some may also be unconfirmed, with no way to easily trigger the error,
or applies to old versions of components...

Add a status for every known issues.

Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>
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Yann E. MORIN" 2011-04-07 19:21:15 +02:00
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@ -27,6 +27,17 @@ The following dummy section explains it all.
happens, what has been investigated so far, and possible orientations
as how to try to solve this (eg. URLs, code snippets...).
Status:
Tells about the status of the issue:
UNCONFIRMED : missing information, or unable, to reproduce, but there
is consensus that there is an issue somewhere...
CURRENT : the issue is applicable.
DEPRECATED : the issue used to apply in some cases, but has not been
confirmed or reported again lately.
CLOSED : the issue is no longer valid, and a fix has been added
either as a patch to this component, and/or as a
workaround in the scripts and/or the configuration.
Fix:
What you have to do to fix it, if at all possible.
The fact that there is a fix, and yet this is a known issue means that
@ -53,6 +64,9 @@ Explanations:
A possible fix could probably set the environment variable CCACHE_CC to the
actual compiler used.
Status:
CURRENT
Fix:
None known.
@ -68,6 +82,9 @@ Explanations:
case-sensitive. You have to use so-called "managed" mounts. See:
http://cygwin.com/faq.html section 4, question 32.
Status:
DEPRECATED
Fix:
Use "managed" mounts for the directories where you build *and* install your
toolchains.
@ -83,6 +100,9 @@ Explanations:
With uClibc, it is possible to build a cross-ldd. Unfortunately, it is
not (currently) possible to build this cross-ldd under Cygwin.
Status:
DEPRECATED
Fix:
None so far.
@ -100,6 +120,9 @@ Explanations:
core gcc is not located in the same place it is located when building
with shared companion libraries.
Status:
DEPRECATED
Fix:
None so far.
@ -120,6 +143,9 @@ Explanations:
will not be built. There is nothing to be worry about (unless you do
want to build the Fortran frontend, of course).
Status:
CURRENT
Fix:
None so far. It's a spurious error, so there will probably never be
a fix for this issue.
@ -137,6 +163,9 @@ Explanations:
need sjlj. On some architectures, gcc is unable to determine whether
sjlj are needed or not.
Status:
CURRENT
Fix:
None so far.
@ -154,6 +183,9 @@ Explanations:
of glibc (and possibly eglibc as well) on some architectures
(seen on powerpc, s390, s390x and x86_64).
Status:
CURRENT
Fix:
None so far. It would require some glibc hacking.