From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262579AbVG2LA5 (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Jul 2005 07:00:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262596AbVG2K6m (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Jul 2005 06:58:42 -0400 Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:8464 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S262595AbVG2K5F (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Jul 2005 06:57:05 -0400 Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 12:57:04 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Radoslaw AstralStorm Szkodzinski Cc: akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.13-rc3-mm3 question Message-ID: <20050729105704.GC3563@stusta.de> References: <20050728194334.4f5b3f22.astralstorm@gorzow.mm.pl> <20050728105551.57f3183c.akpm@osdl.org> <20050728203133.0a03dbda.astralstorm@gorzow.mm.pl> <20050728204238.GC4790@stusta.de> <20050729025034.2b58d34e.astralstorm@gorzow.mm.pl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050729025034.2b58d34e.astralstorm@gorzow.mm.pl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 02:50:34AM +0200, Radoslaw AstralStorm Szkodzinski wrote: > On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 22:42:38 +0200 > Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > > I'm surprised that you are that much concerned about compile errors when > > using a kernel that might regularly exchange the contents of /dev/hda > > and /dev/null . > > > These bugs don't happen too often in reality. > Just please don't be malicious and add this kind of code deliberately. :) > > Every build breaker wastes my precious time to fix it. > That's compulsive/obsessive in some way. ;) >... Someone has to test it. Andrew already wastes some of his precious time for testing before releasing a -mm kernel, but this doesn't catch every compile error. If a -mm kernel doesn't compile for you, you can: - apply a patch if it is already available - fix it yourself - wait for the next -mm One of the purposes of -mm kernels is actually to find compile errors. cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed