Re: firebox build fails post clang-3.4 merge

From: Thomas Mueller <mueller6724_at_bellsouth.net>
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 12:04:28 +0000 (UTC)
> > Does this mean the bug is fixed in 11-current?
        
> Yes, the bug is fixed in 11-CURRENT, as of Subversion revision r262809.
        
        
> > MFC?  Is that to 10-STABLE?  Your message is less than clear.
        
> In FreeBSD, fixes are first applied to head (a.k.a -CURRENT), then
> after a certain period they are merged to one more -STABLE branches,
> depending on the type of fix.  This procedure is traditionally called
> a Merge From Current, MFC.
        
> In this particular case, I will merge the fix to both 10-STABLE and
> 9-STABLE.  Older branches do not have clang, so merging the fix to
> them makes no sense.


> > I figure if firefox build fails, the bug would affect some other ports as well.
        
> Don Lewis already mentioned the libxul port, and in general, any port
> based on certain parts of the Mozilla source tree could be affected.
        
> -Dimitry

Thanks for response, but I went to FreeBSD website, got to mailing-list archives, in this case, svn-src-head.

This made me feel safe that the bug was fixed, and I can rebuild 11-head system.

But my last update might have been before the now-squashed bug was introduced.
 
Tom
Received on Thu Mar 06 2014 - 11:06:12 UTC

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