GDB snapshot changes

GDB snapshot changes

[Andrew Cagney]

[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 :-)

GDB snapshot changes

[Ganesan R]

>>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew Cagney <ac131313@cygnus.com> writes:

> [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.

Hi,

I am missing the CVS "ready" snapshots, I mean the snapshots which I can
unpack and then do a cvs update on them to keep in sync. Any plans to
put them back?

Ganesan

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Re: GDB snapshot changes

[Andrew Cagney]

Ganesan R wrote:
> 
> >>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew Cagney <ac131313@cygnus.com> writes:
> 
> > [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.
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am missing the CVS "ready" snapshots, I mean the snapshots which I can
> unpack and then do a cvs update on them to keep in sync. Any plans to
> put them back?

I've plans to add a separate archive containg the missing CVS bits.

	Andrew

Re: GDB snapshot changes

[Andrew Cagney]

Ganesan R wrote:
> 
> >>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew Cagney <ac131313@cygnus.com> writes:
> 
> > [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.
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am missing the CVS "ready" snapshots, I mean the snapshots which I can
> unpack and then do a cvs update on them to keep in sync. Any plans to
> put them back?

I've changed things so that there are be weekly CVS snapshots (more
frequent is of marginal benefit as the first thing you do is cvs update
anyway :-).

In addition, starting tomorrow the nightly snapshots will include md5
sums.

If, after a week, none of this appears to be true, please let me know.

	Andrew

Re: GDB snapshot changes

[Eli Zaretskii]

> In addition, starting tomorrow the nightly snapshots will include md5
> sums.

This md5 file turns out to be quite a pest.  About 90% of each
*diff.bz2 file is devoted to this file alone, which bloats the diffs
tremendously.  Some of us have a slow modem to fetch the files, so
each KB counts...

Is it possible to just put md5 on sourceware, for those who need it,
and remove it from the diffs?

Re: GDB snapshot changes

[Andrew Cagney]

Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> > In addition, starting tomorrow the nightly snapshots will include md5
> > sums.
> 
> This md5 file turns out to be quite a pest.  About 90% of each
> *diff.bz2 file is devoted to this file alone, which bloats the diffs
> tremendously.  Some of us have a slow modem to fetch the files, so
> each KB counts...
> 
> Is it possible to just put md5 on sourceware, for those who need it,
> and remove it from the diffs?

This sounds wrong.  Hmm, wonder if the process I used to order the md5
file was stable :-/

	Andrew

Re: GDB snapshot changes

[Andrew Cagney]

Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> > In addition, starting tomorrow the nightly snapshots will include md5
> > sums.
> 
> This md5 file turns out to be quite a pest.  About 90% of each
> *diff.bz2 file is devoted to this file alone, which bloats the diffs
> tremendously.  Some of us have a slow modem to fetch the files, so
> each KB counts...
> 
> Is it possible to just put md5 on sourceware, for those who need it,
> and remove it from the diffs?

This should now be fixed (it will take an extra day before the problem
flushes itself though).  I included the directory name in the md5 file
list :-(

	Andrew