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Date:      Sun, 5 Jan 2003 18:00:26 +1100 (EST)
From:      Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To:        phk@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:        Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org>, Kris Kennaway <kris@citusc.usc.edu>, Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@FreeBSD.ORG>, <current@FreeBSD.ORG>, <fanf@FreeBSD.ORG>, <ru@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: alpha tinderbox failure 
Message-ID:  <20030105175202.N14167-100000@gamplex.bde.org>
In-Reply-To: <2994.1041712055@critter.freebsd.dk>

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On Sat, 4 Jan 2003 phk@FreeBSD.ORG wrote:

> In message <20030104201357.D27142A8A5@canning.wemm.org>, Peter Wemm writes:
> >> No, it isn't the regression tests.  It is this here in the start of stage 4:
> >>
> >> ===> usr.bin/vi
> >> *** Error code 1 (ignored)
> >> *** Error code 1 (ignored)
> >> ===> usr.bin/vis
> >>
> >> As soon as 'whereintheworld' sees an 'error code', it starts dumping that
> >> entire block to the end.  If you care to find and fix the build in vi, that
> >> would solve it.
>
> I think it would be more profitable to teach "whereintheworld" about
> the "(ignored)" string, wouldn't it ?

No; it would be more profitable to teach programmers to not ignore errors.
whereintheworld is perfectly non-broken in not ignoring them.  These
"*** Error" messages (not to mention other error ouput from makeworld)
also make it harder for human readers to see the actual errors.

Bruce


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