Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 13:29:02 -0800 (PST) From: Simon Shapiro <Shimon@i-Connect.Net> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: More on LINT Kernel Failure to compile Message-ID: <XFMail.971031132902.Shimon@i-Connect.Net> In-Reply-To: <23644.878328872@time.cdrom.com>
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Hi "Jordan K. Hubbard"; On 31-Oct-97 you wrote: > > Had I had to compile the LINT kernel, I know how to do it. The problem > > is > > that I assumed (hate that word :-) that the LINT kernel is sort of > > standard > > sanity check for sources and is supposed to compile all by itself, > > without > > me ``assisting'' it. > > And this is entirely correct. It used to be incumbent on people to > keep LINT in working order for exactly that reason and it's quite > unfortunate that this has been slacked off on a bit in -current > recently. It was never anyone's intention that a LINT kernel be > bootable, but it was supposed to at least compile and, now that it > doesn't, will be hiding any number of problems from detection in that > manner. It should be fixed by whomever broke it last, to paraphrase > Bruce. If no one in particular is maintainig LINT, I just volunteered. I'll add it to my short list of things to do :-) Simon
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