Add note to users of hardened gcc-3.x

(Portage version: 2.1_pre10-r5)

3 files changed, 31 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/dev-lang/ghc/ChangeLog b/dev-lang/ghc/ChangeLog
index 8a68528a4bfc..f187eb85f511 100644
--- a/dev-lang/ghc/ChangeLog
+++ b/dev-lang/ghc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 # ChangeLog for dev-lang/ghc
 # Copyright 2002-2006 Gentoo Foundation; Distributed under the GPL v2
-# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/dev-lang/ghc/ChangeLog,v 1.102 2006/05/18 20:42:44 dcoutts Exp $
+# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/dev-lang/ghc/ChangeLog,v 1.103 2006/05/19 16:06:10 dcoutts Exp $
+
+  19 May 2006; Duncan Coutts <dcoutts@gentoo.org> ghc-6.4.1-r3.ebuild,
+  ghc-6.4.2.ebuild:
+  Add note to users of hardened gcc-3.x
 
   18 May 2006; Duncan Coutts <dcoutts@gentoo.org>
   +files/ghc-6.4.2-sparc32plus.patch, ghc-6.4.1-r3.ebuild, ghc-6.4.2.ebuild:
diff --git a/dev-lang/ghc/ghc-6.4.1-r3.ebuild b/dev-lang/ghc/ghc-6.4.1-r3.ebuild
index 2e67a4041cb5..e50a2fce915e 100644
--- a/dev-lang/ghc/ghc-6.4.1-r3.ebuild
+++ b/dev-lang/ghc/ghc-6.4.1-r3.ebuild
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2006 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/dev-lang/ghc/ghc-6.4.1-r3.ebuild,v 1.7 2006/05/18 20:42:44 dcoutts Exp $
+# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/dev-lang/ghc/ghc-6.4.1-r3.ebuild,v 1.8 2006/05/19 16:06:10 dcoutts Exp $
 
 # Brief explanation of the bootstrap logic:
 #
@@ -14,6 +14,18 @@
 # can be removed once an forall after the first succesful install
 # of ghc.
 
+# Note to users of hardened gcc-3.x:
+#
+# If you emerge ghc with hardened gcc it should work fine (because we
+# turn off the hardened features that would otherwise break ghc).
+# However, emerging ghc while using a vanilla gcc and then switching to
+# hardened gcc (using gcc-config) will leave you with a broken ghc. To
+# fix it you would need to either switch back to vanilla gcc or re-emerge
+# ghc (or ghc-bin). Note that also if you are using hardened gcc-3.x and
+# you switch to gcc-4.x that this will also break ghc and you'll need to
+# re-emerge ghc (or ghc-bin). People using vanilla gcc can switch between
+# gcc-3.x and 4.x with no problems.
+
 inherit base eutils flag-o-matic toolchain-funcs autotools ghc-package check-reqs
 
 DESCRIPTION="The Glasgow Haskell Compiler"
diff --git a/dev-lang/ghc/ghc-6.4.2.ebuild b/dev-lang/ghc/ghc-6.4.2.ebuild
index 11409f80f24c..a4f24b7eda54 100644
--- a/dev-lang/ghc/ghc-6.4.2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-lang/ghc/ghc-6.4.2.ebuild
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2006 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/dev-lang/ghc/ghc-6.4.2.ebuild,v 1.5 2006/05/18 20:42:44 dcoutts Exp $
+# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/dev-lang/ghc/ghc-6.4.2.ebuild,v 1.6 2006/05/19 16:06:10 dcoutts Exp $
 
 # Brief explanation of the bootstrap logic:
 #
@@ -14,6 +14,18 @@
 # can be removed once an forall after the first succesful install
 # of ghc.
 
+# Note to users of hardened gcc-3.x:
+#
+# If you emerge ghc with hardened gcc it should work fine (because we
+# turn off the hardened features that would otherwise break ghc).
+# However, emerging ghc while using a vanilla gcc and then switching to
+# hardened gcc (using gcc-config) will leave you with a broken ghc. To
+# fix it you would need to either switch back to vanilla gcc or re-emerge
+# ghc (or ghc-bin). Note that also if you are using hardened gcc-3.x and
+# you switch to gcc-4.x that this will also break ghc and you'll need to
+# re-emerge ghc (or ghc-bin). People using vanilla gcc can switch between
+# gcc-3.x and 4.x with no problems.
+
 inherit base eutils flag-o-matic toolchain-funcs autotools ghc-package check-reqs
 
 DESCRIPTION="The Glasgow Haskell Compiler"