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Re: Request for information
- To: Andrew Stubbs <Andrew dot Stubbs at st dot com>
- Subject: Re: Request for information
- From: Phil Edwards <pedwards at disaster dot jaj dot com>
- Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 13:31:16 -0400
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- References: <Pine.GSO.4.10.10107311237570.27544-100000@absolut>
On Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 01:49:13PM +0100, Andrew Stubbs wrote:
> I need to answer these questions so that I can set up a local system for
> patching, building and tracking the sources in a reliable and reproducible
> way (please don't just suggest CVS), preferably without any nasty
> surprises.
Um, CVS operates in a deterministic fashion. I suggest you look at the
contrib/gcc_update and contrib/gcc_build scripts. The developers themselves
use these, and nobody seems to be surprised.
Phil
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