Re: UPDATING needs updating

1999-04-08 Thread Warner Losh
In message <19990408220132.a12...@netmonger.net> Christopher Masto writes:
: Not very useful to tell people about the first major compiler change
: in years?  It may not break "make world", but it certainly breaks
: things like C++ library compatability and a large part of the ports
: collection.
: 
: Suprises should be documented.  -current users should be reading -current,
: but that doesn't mean someone might not join after the egcs discussion.

Check out what I just committed and let me know if it is what you had
in mind.

Warner


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Re: UPDATING needs updating

1999-04-08 Thread Warner Losh
In message <19990408142419.a24...@netmonger.net> Christopher Masto writes:
: Mightn't it be a good idea to mention the egcs move in /usr/src/UPDATING?

I suppose.  What should we say about it?

Warner


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Re: UPDATING needs updating

1999-04-08 Thread Christopher Masto
On Fri, Apr 09, 1999 at 03:54:27AM +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote:
> 
> 
> On Thu, 08 Apr 1999 14:24:19 -0400, Christopher Masto wrote:
> 
> > Mightn't it be a good idea to mention the egcs move in /usr/src/UPDATING?
> 
> Now that both bootstrapping and -j8 seem to be working, it wouldn't be
> very useful.

Not very useful to tell people about the first major compiler change
in years?  It may not break "make world", but it certainly breaks
things like C++ library compatability and a large part of the ports
collection.

Suprises should be documented.  -current users should be reading -current,
but that doesn't mean someone might not join after the egcs discussion.
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UPDATING needs updating

1999-04-08 Thread Christopher Masto
Mightn't it be a good idea to mention the egcs move in /usr/src/UPDATING?
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