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- From: David Kowis <dkowis AT shlrm.org>
- To: sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] gcc 4.0.1 complaints
- Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 11:01:20 -0600
Sergey A. Lipnevich wrote:
> Why? If the spells don't build, they don't get installed. You would have
> a perfectly running PostgreSQL unless its dependencies changed major
> versions, and that's a different story. I have actually made a grimoire
> on one of production systems to have GCC 4 right away, so that I don't
> have to migrate later, and it's running PorsgreSQL 8.1 :-).
Durr. Forgot about that. So you're saying you've built postgresql in gcc4?
>
>> big problem. Surely some cast testing could've been done to ensure that
>> fixes could've been written before this made it into test.
>>
>
> You said that yourself: it's a test grimoire. It's there so we can
> /find/ the bugs above in case developers missed them, isn't it?
The point I was trying to make was that this shouldn't have been missed.
I can understand that such things won't be caught if it's got an odd
combination of ./configure options.
>
>> I'm not sure what testing process went into making sure gcc4 was ready
>> for the mainstream set of users. It needs to include casting all spells.
>>
> It's been stuck in devel grimoire for ages. Many spells changed multiple
> versions during this time. I'm actually very happy we finally have GCC 4
> in test grimoire.
>
Well, I feel that a better testing process for something this critical
needs to be in place. The spells that change versions could've been
individually tested against gcc4.
My two cents.
--
David Kowis
ISO Team Lead - www.sourcemage.org
Source Mage GNU/Linux
Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to
find easier ways to do something.
- Robert Heinlein
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
- Arthur C. Clarke
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[SM-Discuss] gcc 4.0.1 complaints,
David Kowis, 03/27/2006
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Re: [SM-Discuss] gcc 4.0.1 complaints,
Sergey A. Lipnevich, 03/27/2006
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Re: [SM-Discuss] gcc 4.0.1 complaints,
David Kowis, 03/27/2006
- Re: [SM-Discuss] gcc 4.0.1 complaints, Sergey A. Lipnevich, 03/27/2006
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Re: [SM-Discuss] gcc 4.0.1 complaints,
David Kowis, 03/27/2006
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Re: [SM-Discuss] gcc 4.0.1 complaints,
Arwed von Merkatz, 03/27/2006
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Re: [SM-Discuss] gcc 4.0.1 complaints,
David Kowis, 03/27/2006
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Re: [SM-Discuss] gcc 4.0.1 complaints,
Jeremy A. Kolb, 03/27/2006
- Re: [SM-Discuss] gcc 4.0.1 complaints, David Kowis, 03/27/2006
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Re: [SM-Discuss] gcc 4.0.1 complaints,
Arwed von Merkatz, 03/27/2006
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Re: [SM-Discuss] gcc 4.0.1 complaints,
David Kowis, 03/27/2006
- Re: [SM-Discuss] gcc 4.0.1 complaints, Mathieu L., 03/28/2006
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Re: [SM-Discuss] gcc 4.0.1 complaints,
David Kowis, 03/27/2006
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Re: [SM-Discuss] gcc 4.0.1 complaints,
Jeremy A. Kolb, 03/27/2006
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Re: [SM-Discuss] gcc 4.0.1 complaints,
David Kowis, 03/27/2006
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Re: [SM-Discuss] gcc 4.0.1 complaints,
Sergey A. Lipnevich, 03/27/2006
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