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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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