From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrew Cagney To: GDB Testers Cc: GDB Discussion , "Insight (GDB GUI)" Subject: GDB snapshot changes Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 23:36:00 -0000 Message-id: <38D72679.BAD97DCD@cygnus.com> X-SW-Source: 2000-q1/msg00158.html [Sorry for the cross post. Please set followups to gdb@sourceware.cygnus.com] Hello, Firstly, I'm pleased to report that nightly snapshots appear to be working reliably. See the directory: ftp://sourceware.cygnus.com/pub/gdb/snapshots/ For those that are curious, ``-D'' is used so that while each snapshot is created during the afternoon, it contains the sources from exactly ``00:00 GMT'' each morning. Secondly, as part of this revamp I've changed what is created. Instead of a plithera of snapshots and diffs (gdb, insight, dejagnu, gdb+dejagnu, insight+deajgnu), I'm now only creating snapshots and diffs for: gdb+dejagnu and insight+dejagnu The rationale for these changes are: o People using snapshots probably want to put GDB through its testsuite before using it... To do this reliably, a synchronized gdb and dejagnu are needed. Combining the two into a single snapshot should simplify this. o It reduces greatly the total amount of data being shaddowed by remote sites. Finally, I've seen a request for md5 or brik checksums of all files. I've added that to my list of things to do. If people have comments or objections, please let me know. Andrew PS: For what its worth, for many years I was dependant on the nightly snapshots. One frustration I found was the constant need to download/apply/merge both gdb and dejagnu diffs. Having dejagnu bundled in with gdb, I think, is much easier. Hopefully others will agree :-)