From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 28 05:40:47 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A2D016A422 for ; Tue, 28 Feb 2006 05:40:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from allbery@ece.cmu.edu) Received: from bache.ece.cmu.edu (BACHE.ECE.CMU.EDU [128.2.129.23]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D69443D49 for ; Tue, 28 Feb 2006 05:40:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from allbery@ece.cmu.edu) Received: from [10.9.204.128] (dsl093-061-215.pit1.dsl.speakeasy.net [66.93.61.215]) by bache.ece.cmu.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B6B6B0; Tue, 28 Feb 2006 00:40:44 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <4403E1D5.5040202@blosphere.net> References: <4403DDE1.3050806@blosphere.net> <20060228052503.GA29922@xor.obsecurity.org> <4403E1D5.5040202@blosphere.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <0203C94D-7EA8-4080-9D1B-62FACB221B9D@ece.cmu.edu> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: "Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 00:40:40 -0500 To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Tommi_L=E4tti?= X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2) Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: (try) core dumps X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 05:40:47 -0000 On Feb 28, 2006, at 12:38 , Tommi L=E4tti wrote: > Kris Kennaway wrote: >> Probably part of a port build..the configure scripts sometimes >> deliberately induce core dumps to test various things. i.e. nothing >> to worry about, if so. > > Hmm, thanks. There was actually perl getting updated at that point. Heh. Yes, while autoconf uses "conftest" for its test executables, =20 Metaconfig (which I think only perl uses at this point) uses "try". --=20 brandon s. allbery [linux,solaris,freebsd,perl] =20 allbery@kf8nh.com system administrator [openafs,heimdal,too many hats] =20 allbery@ece.cmu.edu electrical and computer engineering, carnegie mellon university =20 KF8NH