Re: cvsup broken on amd64?

From: Oliver Lehmann <lehmann_at_ans-netz.de>
Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2011 11:30:46 +0200
Chris Rees <crees_at_freebsd.org> wrote:

> On 9 September 2011 06:33, Oliver Lehmann <lehmann_at_ans-netz.de> wrote:
>> I got used to it in the past 12 years? But this is not realy the question.
>> If it is "BROKEN" it should be marked as BROKEN or there should be a
>> statement that it will not work with FreeBSD 9 on at least amd64 or we
>> will have other users complaining about the same at least when
>> 9.0 RELEASE is out - right?
>
> The cvsup port is normally used now only for cvsupd, for which there
> is no csupd analog. As far as I know, and perhaps mux (CC'd) could
> confirm every feature present in cvsup is present in csup-- and it's a
> fair amount faster too.

Ok, but this again is not the point of my email ;)
This is not about "just me". I know how to help me in that case. I want
to prevent users facing the same problem and writing mails like my initial
mail.
I'm quiet sure that there are numerous users out there still using cvsup
as client so they will start like me with cvsup on ther new instaled system.
It would be better if they just would not be able to install cvsup if it
will not run and we don't want it to run.
I was also curious if it is only me where it fails on amd64 or if it is
because it was compiled on an Atom 330 with some amd64 flags determined by
the system which does not fit the Atom 330 (gcc 4.2 is older than the CPU
design).
With other words: If the support for cvsup on amd64 is dropped, it has
to be marked as BROKEN/IGNORE/whatever. Otherwise it need to get fixed for
9.0?
Received on Fri Sep 09 2011 - 07:30:48 UTC

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