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From: acad!random!jsc@UUNET.UU.NET (James Carrington)
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Subject: Sun 386 AS bug found by G++ 1.34.2
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Date: 5 Apr 89 21:23:05 GMT
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Building G++ 1.34.2 on a Sun 386 has found a bug in the Sun assembler that
cplus-parse.tab.c runs afoul of. GCC creates a .file directive of:
	.file	"cplus-parse.tab.c"
The Sun as claims this is too long. Sun cc truncates the .file directive:
	.file	"us-parse.tar.c"

Apparently the Sun as restricts file names to 14 characters, perhaps a 
imported restriction from System V. 

This bug is not really a GNU bug, but it would be nice if all file names
were kept under 14 characters, so those of us who occasionally use S V 
machines would have an easier time of it.


James Carrington
Autodesk Inc.