Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2001 01:01:29 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>, "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG>, Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Revert awk to one that works Message-ID: <XFMail.011102010129.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20011031225509.A17837@coffee.q9media.com>
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On 01-Nov-01 Mike Barcroft wrote: > Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.ORG> writes: >> On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, David O'Brien wrote: >> > I *DID* test it with a full `make world'. By chance is this your second >> > `make world' after the change? It seems we are using the host awk >> > instead of the one we built. Requiring someone to do two back-to-back >> > `make world's before a commit has never been a requirement. Some things >> > we just find out after a commit. >> >> "Required" isn't really the question. It seems like common sense >> to me when discussing such a frequently used build tool. > > I'm sure there's better things you could be doing besides lecturing > David about testing his changes before committing. Not every bug can > be found before committing, which is why we have a little thing called > -CURRENT. And the irony being that David has one of the best test methodologies of any committer I know. The number of torture tests he has submitted binutils and gcc updates to in the past is amazing. So he missed one, give him a break and help fix it if you can. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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