From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 26169 invoked by alias); 4 Dec 2001 20:30:26 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-owner@gcc.gnu.org Received: (qmail 26131 invoked from network); 4 Dec 2001 20:30:21 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO disaster.jaj.com) (209.64.26.3) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 4 Dec 2001 20:30:21 -0000 Received: (from pedwards@localhost) by disaster.jaj.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id PAA24694; Tue, 4 Dec 2001 15:34:16 -0500 Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2001 12:30:00 -0000 From: Phil Edwards To: "Joseph S. Myers" Cc: guerby@acm.org, schwab@suse.de, gcc@gcc.gnu.org Subject: Re: gcc-ss-20011203 is now available Message-ID: <20011204153416.A24659@disaster.jaj.com> References: <200112042006.fB4K6YG30195@ulmo.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from jsm28@cam.ac.uk on Tue, Dec 04, 2001 at 08:24:14PM +0000 X-SW-Source: 2001-12/txt/msg00157.txt.bz2 On Tue, Dec 04, 2001 at 08:24:14PM +0000, Joseph S. Myers wrote: > On Tue, 4 Dec 2001 guerby@acm.org wrote: > > May be the snapshot script could use a stable checkout, if > > the script is using contrib/gcc_build checkout I can propose > > a patch to implement a stable-checkout option. Algorithm: Alternative algorithm: look at maintainer-scripts/crontab look at wall clock if TIME near Sunday 4:40 PM Pacific timezone wait until the snapshot is finished end if checkin :-) > The established practice is that snapshots may sometimes be broken and > people using them should just wait for the next snapshot in that case. Doesn't gcc_release do a build in order to ensure the generated source files are there? It's certainly no guarantee, but it should prevent snapshots from going out that don't build on, say, i596-linux. (I don't think it would help Ada or IA-64, though.) Phil -- If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home and leave us in peace. We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen. - Samuel Adams