From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 8 02:57:58 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FD5C16A41F; Tue, 8 Nov 2005 02:57:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tataz@tataz.chchile.org) Received: from smtp4-g19.free.fr (smtp4-g19.free.fr [212.27.42.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1C6E43D45; Tue, 8 Nov 2005 02:57:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tataz@tataz.chchile.org) Received: from tatooine.tataz.chchile.org (vol75-8-82-233-239-98.fbx.proxad.net [82.233.239.98]) by smtp4-g19.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B1F43FF2A; Tue, 8 Nov 2005 03:57:56 +0100 (CET) Received: by tatooine.tataz.chchile.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 956194083; Tue, 8 Nov 2005 03:57:33 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 03:57:33 +0100 From: Jeremie Le Hen To: Robert Watson Message-ID: <20051108025733.GA1165@obiwan.tataz.chchile.org> References: <433E9C4F.8040404@charter.net> <20051002124424.D71864@fledge.watson.org> <20051003115659.GJ43195@obiwan.tataz.chchile.org> <20051107142621.Q9690@fledge.watson.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20051107142621.Q9690@fledge.watson.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Cc: Andrew Lankford , Jeremie Le Hen , current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RELENG_6 Kernel doesn't build due to DEVFS X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2005 02:57:58 -0000 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 >