Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 03:57:33 +0100 From: Jeremie Le Hen <jeremie@le-hen.org> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Andrew Lankford <lankfordandrew@charter.net>, Jeremie Le Hen <jeremie@le-hen.org>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RELENG_6 Kernel doesn't build due to DEVFS Message-ID: <20051108025733.GA1165@obiwan.tataz.chchile.org> In-Reply-To: <20051107142621.Q9690@fledge.watson.org> References: <433E9C4F.8040404@charter.net> <20051002124424.D71864@fledge.watson.org> <20051003115659.GJ43195@obiwan.tataz.chchile.org> <20051107142621.Q9690@fledge.watson.org>
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Robert, > Sorry about the delay in responding to this, just found your e-mail while > starting to catch up on some older ones. The tweak below fixes a bug in > which valid syntax was not accepted by the computer. This was followed by > several commits that introduced that valid syntax into the source tree, > meaning that the tree would not build with an older compiler due to the > older compiler incorrectly rejecting it as invalid. Ideally, commits to > update the compiler are made, and then after some longish delay (a few > weeks), the source code is updated to make use of new compiler features. > In this case, the changes came in close proximity, resulting in a few more > stubbed toes. No problem for the delay, thank you very much, you are very obliging. Best regards, -- Jeremie Le Hen < jeremie at le-hen dot org >< ttz at chchile dot org >
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