Re: [avr-libc-dev] [bug #35467] Not sure this the right plce to submit this but...

[David Brown]

On 09/02/2012 09:39, Vidya Praveen wrote:
> On 2/9/2012 1:46 PM, David Brown wrote:
> > On 08/02/2012 20:17, Vidya Praveen wrote:
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > Things change in the compiler and there are often cases which are not
> > > covered due to several reasons. it's not uncommon to see something that
> > > works in a earlier version stops working later. It will be great if you
> > > could reduce your test case and/or find out what is going wrong and post
> > > this in avr-gcc-list.If you think the problem is specific to AVR
> > > Toolchain, I recommend you to contact the Atmel support. Thanks
> >
> > You are probably better off posting such information to the avr-gcc
> > mailing list rather than Atmel support.  I have nothing to complain
> > about regarding Atmel's support team - I have certainly encountered far
> > worse - but by posting to the avr-gcc mailing list you get the
> > information directly to the people responsible for the avr port of gcc,
> > and you also inform other avr-gcc users.
>
> I wanted to mean that when it seem specific to "AVR Toolchain" from Atmel.
> There are situations when it may seem so or it is so. Mostly because of the way
> it is packaged or any patches used that are not committed.
>
> Regards
> Vidya Praveen

That's true enough - sometimes the "official" toolchains from Atmel 
differ slightly from the mainline gcc releases.  But the people from 
Atmel who are involved are all on the avr-gcc mailing list, so you get 
to them more directly that way.

However, it's a good point that if you think there is a problem with the 
toolchain, then when posting you should make it clear that it is the 
Atmel AVR Toolchain rather than mailine gcc, as well as stating the 
versions.

mvh.,

David