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Re: Why does sparc build for you? or, why are make check results reported when it hasn't bootstrapped since May 5?
- From: Brad Lucier <lucier at math dot purdue dot edu>
- To: ebotcazou at libertysurf dot fr (Eric Botcazou)
- Cc: lucier at math dot purdue dot edu (Brad Lucier), gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 11:23:23 -0500 (EST)
- Subject: Re: Why does sparc build for you? or, why are make check results reported when it hasn't bootstrapped since May 5?
> > Solaris builds have failed for long periods in the past, too, and seem to
> > get fixed just before a release. Solaris would get more testing if the
> > compiler would bootstrap on the architecture.
>
> The other way around.
Sorry, I disagree. Failures seem to get fixed on the following time scale:
i386--hours; powerpc--days; sparc--months. That hasn't changed in several
years even when failures are reported in a timely manner.
I guess I'm a little prickly after trying to build sparc for a month after
reporting a bootstrap failure and *then* being told that sparc isn't tested
enough.
Brad