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Re: Checking format specifiers (Was: Re: Support for %d$c format specifier in diagnostics.c)
On Tuesday 22 July 2003 05:16 am, Joseph S. Myers wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Jul 2003, Wolfgang Bangerth wrote:
> > > But we do check in doc patches without running the testsuite
> >
> > No, we don't. That is, if you do you violate the check-in requirements.
>
> "Documentation changes do not require a bootstrap" (from contribute.html).
> The trouble is those that, in fact, do require a bootstrap to detect
> problems with them.
Right, I'm sorry. I misread your mail to mean "...without testing". We _do_
need to test, though, since the sentence you quote goes on as
[...] but you must perform make info and make dvi and correct any errors.
Since "make info" is part of a bootstrap, this exercises those parts of a
bootstrap that can possibly be affected by a doc change. I would argue that
checking translations before check-in would be a similar requirement, since
it would reject translations that can lead to compiler errors.
W.
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