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Date:      Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:31:27 -0800
From:      "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org>
To:        John Birrell <jb@what-creek.com>
Cc:        cvs-src@freebsd.org, Kris Kennaway <kris@freebsd.org>, John Birrell <jb@freebsd.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/contrib/binutils/opcodes ppc-dis.c
Message-ID:  <20071126173127.GB76927@dragon.NUXI.org>
In-Reply-To: <20071124001008.GA44735@what-creek.com>
References:  <200711232354.lANNsjmU040755@repoman.freebsd.org> <47476A52.8040508@FreeBSD.org> <20071124001008.GA44735@what-creek.com>

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On Sat, Nov 24, 2007 at 12:10:08AM +0000, John Birrell wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 24, 2007 at 01:03:30AM +0100, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> > John Birrell wrote:
> > >jb          2007-11-23 23:54:45 UTC
> > >
> > >  FreeBSD src repository
> > >
> > >  Modified files:
> > >    contrib/binutils/opcodes ppc-dis.c 
> > >  Log:
> > >  Fix strict alias warnings.
> > >  
> > >  Revision  Changes    Path
> > >  1.2       +119 -37   src/contrib/binutils/opcodes/ppc-dis.c
> > 
> > Usually we try to avoid taking files off the vendor branch, it causes 
> > trouble for the person doing the vendor imports :(
> 
> I know that. I nearly mentioned it in the commit message.
> 
> I think it's a change that doesn't need to be merged. If a new version
> is imported, _that_ needs to be build clean.

PLEASE discuss changes like this before committing them.
For one, we typically don't go around fixing warnings in contributed
code.  Second a courtesy email to me (or IRC poke) would have been nice -
as I've been talking with the embedded folks about their needs for a
binutils upgrade
- you've just added more effort to the task - *forever*.

-- 
-- David  (obrien@FreeBSD.org)



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