Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2017 15:51:35 -0700 From: Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@komquats.com> To: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> Cc: Bryan Drewery <bdrewery@freebsd.org>, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>, Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>, freebsd-hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Toolchain <freebsd-toolchain@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Head build unsafe for /etc today Message-ID: <201711042251.vA4MpZs8061361@slippy.cwsent.com> In-Reply-To: Message from "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> of "Sat, 04 Nov 2017 10:23:10 -0700." <201711041723.vA4HNANJ001399@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net>
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In message <201711041723.vA4HNANJ001399@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net>, "Rodney W. Gri mes" writes: > > On 11/2/2017 8:58 PM, Warner Losh wrote: > > > FreeBSD has grown too big to test every possible thing before you commit. > > I would say that it has always been too big to test every possible > thing before a commit. Breakage is just going to happen, we make > great efforts to minimize it, but like all risks sooner or later > your gona have a failure. > > > > > The build itself is massive. I usually forget about release/ and the > > new 'make packages', external toolchain, "old style" kernel builds, etc. > Good starting list for "make build-regresion" ? > > > > > Steve's concerns have validity. I do think it's time we have an > > automated suite to test most build cases for things like bmake upgrades > > or other high risk changes like META_MODE. > > > > > > I'll think about this and add to my list of things to implement. > > I would even go so far as to say this may be what we should be > running in (a) Jenkins. Or perhaps a deeper exp-run? Yes. -- Cheers, Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> FreeBSD UNIX: <cy@FreeBSD.org> Web: http://www.FreeBSD.org The need of the many outweighs the greed of the few.
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