Head build unsafe for /etc today
Cy Schubert
Cy.Schubert at komquats.com
Sat Nov 4 22:51:47 UTC 2017
In message <201711041723.vA4HNANJ001399 at pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net>, "Rodney W.
Gri
mes" writes:
> > On 11/2/2017 8:58 PM, Warner Losh wrote:
> > > FreeBSD has grown too big to test every possible thing before you commit.
>
> I would say that it has always been too big to test every possible
> thing before a commit. Breakage is just going to happen, we make
> great efforts to minimize it, but like all risks sooner or later
> your gona have a failure.
>
> >
> > The build itself is massive. I usually forget about release/ and the
> > new 'make packages', external toolchain, "old style" kernel builds, etc.
> Good starting list for "make build-regresion" ?
>
> >
> > Steve's concerns have validity. I do think it's time we have an
> > automated suite to test most build cases for things like bmake upgrades
> > or other high risk changes like META_MODE.
> >
> >
> > I'll think about this and add to my list of things to implement.
>
> I would even go so far as to say this may be what we should be
> running in (a) Jenkins. Or perhaps a deeper exp-run?
Yes.
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Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert at cschubert.com>
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