On Thu, 13 Sep 2007, Paul Cochrane wrote:
> On 12/09/2007, Andy Dougherty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Wed, 12 Sep 2007, Paul Cochrane via RT wrote:
> >
> > > On Mon Mar 19 15:59:44 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > > On Monday 19 March 2007 12:22, Andy Dougherty wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I found the ticket that introduced this failing behavior, so I'm
> > > resending
> > > > > my message below with a fixed-up subject line to enter into RT. In
> > > brief,
> > > > > this patch incorrectly assumes that all compilers accept a '-h',
> > > '--help',
> > > > > or '/?' switch. Any compiler that doesn't is deemed 'not found', and
> > > > > there is no way to override it. Extending the list of options to try
> > > > > is
> > > > > not a sensible forward-looking portable strategy.
> > > >
> > > > I realize this patch precludes cross-compilation at the moment, but
> > > does it
> > > > work better for you, Andy?
> > >
> > > Applied the patch with some modifications so that it runs correctly on
> > > Windows in r21212. Tested on Linux x86, Windows and Cygwin.
> >
> > But did you actually address any of my objections? For example, do you
> > now pay attention to exit codes? Do cc_build and cc_run now have exit
> > codes?
>
> The short answer here is: no. However attention to exit codes, and
> exit codes from cc_build and cc_run are separate issues, aren't they?
> A better thing to find out here is if parrot builds for you on your
> platform. Does the current revision work for you? Then we can close
> this ticket, and I'll open new tickets concerning exit codes from
> cc_build and cc_run etc.
I'm afraid I can't test it today (the system is unavailable) but I can
tell by just looking that even if cc_build fails, this will ignore the
failure and just keep churning along, so you won't get the "graceful 'no
compiler' message".
I guess I don't see the point of opening a new ticket to rehash the issues
of the old, and I don't see the point of closing this ticket until it
actually addresses the issues raised. (If cc_build and cc_run do get
meaningful exit codes, inter::progs needs to be revisited anyway to
actually use those codes.) But I also don't really care enough to argue
about it either. Do whatever you think appropriate.
--
Andy Dougherty [EMAIL PROTECTED]
