> On Nov 2, 2017, at 19:36, Glen Barber <gjb_at_FreeBSD.org> wrote: > >> On Thu, Nov 02, 2017 at 07:23:27PM -0700, Steve Kargl wrote: >> On Thu, Nov 02, 2017 at 07:08:50PM -0700, Bryan Drewery wrote: >>>> On Nov 2, 2017, at 18:49, Steve Kargl <sgk_at_troutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote: >>>> You're making changes to the build infrastructure and you're >>>> not properly testing it before committing? This is beyond >>>> pointyhat material. >>> >>> I ran 2 universes, dozens of buildworlds and buildkernels, >>> dozens of installworld and installkernel, several xdev and >>> native-xtools, several full DIRDEPS_BUILD builds and bootstraps, >>> ran subdir builds, ran subdir cleans, tested several targets together, >>> ran various special case tests for submakes, played around with a >>> ton of MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX cases, handled and tested symlinked objdirs >>> special, ran it through my work repro a few times, did special >>> testing in rescue/, and had a volunteer test release. In the process >>> I found a bmake bug, GPL_DTC build bug and several others I don’t >>> recall from the bus. >>> >>> What I missed was the “clean” buildworld because I forgot it >>> even exists. I’ve wanted to remove it for a year. I also forgot to >>> test buildenv. >>> >> >> If you did all the above under META_MODE, then no you did not >> buildworld and buildkernel and all the other stuff you claim. >> If your first step isn't 'cd /usr/obj ; rm -rf *' or equivalent >> in whatever jail you use, then you're not properly testing >> your changes to the build infrastructure. > > I did test this, personally, and missed it. To be fair you didn’t test the AUTO_OBJ piece but did test the much more riskier changes to objdir handling. Thanks for that. >> As you have demonstrated, >> Makefile, Makefile.inc1, and the *.mk files are sufficiently >> complicated that proper testing should be done, and proper >> testing means one doesn't takes shortcuts. >> > > Mistakes happen. Things sometimes get accidentally missed. > > Glen >Received on Fri Nov 03 2017 - 01:43:46 UTC
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