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On Saturday 05 August 2006 06:57, Kevin F. Quinn wrote: |
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> On Sat, 5 Aug 2006 11:49:53 +0200 |
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> Danny van Dyk <kugelfang@g.o> wrote: |
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> > Please re-read the list of packages that fail tests: |
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> > * glibc |
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> > * autoconf |
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> > * gettext |
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> > * tar |
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> > That makes _4_ system packages. Before I would consider making |
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> > FEATURES=test a default, I would add least want the system set to |
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> > actually merge with it. |
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> So you're happy to let users install these packages without them |
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> knowing the tests would fail? |
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before i added binutils-2.17, i ran `make check` on it for about 25 |
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targets ... of those, about 10 failed ... |
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i checked with upstream and others reproduced it ... i dont know about you, |
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but i dont have the skills to go in and fix the failures for all of those |
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architectures |
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while i like the idea of all packages being able to pass FEATURES=test, |
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somethings it just aint gonna happen with Gentoo's available skill set |
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-mike |
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