Why does sparc build for you? or, why are make check results reported when it hasn't bootstrapped since May 5?

[Eric Botcazou]

> > > 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 meant: SPARC/Solaris would bootstrap more often if people commiting 
destabilizing changes tested them on the platform. This is (almost) never the 
case.

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Eric Botcazou