[WWW] simtest-howto.html clarifications, additions

Janis Johnson janis187@us.ibm.com
Tue Jun 10 20:36:00 GMT 2003


On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 10:20:29PM -0400, Hans-Peter Nilsson wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Jun 2003, Janis Johnson wrote:
> 
> > A few months ago there was a flurry of discussion about updating
> > simtest-howto.html, which died down and was forgotten.  At the Summit
> > I promised Hans-Peter Nilsson that I would update the file and add
> > links to test results.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> > If there are no objections I'll check this in soon and make sure it
> > passes XHTML validation.
> 
> Any reason to keep the "cvs logout" steps?  Methinks they can be
> dropped.

It seems somehow anti-social to leave it out; I don't know the actual
effects, other than removing the cached password.

> Another thing I thought noteworthy:
> 
> > -    <h2>Build it.</h2>
> > +    <p>Use a recent version of GCC as the build compiler.</p>
> 
> "...no earlier than 2.95".
> 
> I use stock 2.95.3 to catch those pesky C99 features (mostly,
> declarations elsewhere than beginning of block) from creeping
> in.

Thanks, done.

I've checked it in but will gladly incorporate new suggestions.

Janis



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