Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 18:22:52 +0200 From: Erwin Lansing <erwin@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: INDEX build failed for 4.x Message-ID: <20060828162252.GH80138@droso.net> In-Reply-To: <200608281053.40239.duncan.fbsd@gmail.com> References: <200608281406.k7SE6Kx0029844@builder.freebsd.org> <200608281016.57751.duncan.fbsd@gmail.com> <44F30B55.7000205@delphij.net> <200608281053.40239.duncan.fbsd@gmail.com>
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--HE8xRhbuhm5Vuapo Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 10:53:39AM -0500, Donald J. O'Neill wrote: > On Monday 28 August 2006 10:27, LI Xin wrote: > > > > Well, the world is imperfect, and sometimes the automated bots run by us > > will not be able to explicitly point out which port is getting problem.= =2E. > > > > All the purpose of this sort of letters (e.g. tinderbox build failure > > reports, etc) is in the hope that someone can pick up the work and fix > > it before users actually being hit by a bug and thus save their time. > > In other words, this is something like "Look out! Ports tree have some > > *known* trouble now and please do not report problems (without patch, of > > course) until things gets fixed." > > > > Cheers, >=20 > Thank you for your reply. >=20 > Tinderbox failure reports I understand. I guess this type of report goes = into=20 > my ignore category, unless I'm willing to help of course. Not in this cas= e=20 > though, I only have 6-STABLE systems. >=20 This is also broken on 6.x. That only 4.x is reported is an artefact of the script that tests 4.x, 5.x, 6.x and 7.x in that order and only reports the first failure. But you're right, for most people, these mails fall in the same category as the tinderbox mails. You can note that there is an error in the tree, but probably not do much else with it. Cheers, -erwin --=20 Erwin Lansing http://droso.org Security is like an onion. (o_ _o) It's made up of several layers \\\_\ /_/// erwin@FreeBSD.org And it makes you cry. <____) (____> erwin@aauug.dk --HE8xRhbuhm5Vuapo Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFE8xhcqy9aWxUlaZARAq28AJ9eh04EqgqQGUiWtpegzrKijFZa4QCg+Vyl CNlmyot2qC1w4LrgBdy2nRo= =LCJj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --HE8xRhbuhm5Vuapo--
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