Patrick Börjesson wrote:
When did I say that it wasn't frequent with configuration problems
leading to failed builds? I was (and anyone really reading my reply
would realize it) pointing to this specific failed build.
And I'm just curious; how would a configuration error (that the user
has made) lead to a graphics file missing during the build? (not
counting in those "configurations" where you're yourself editing the
ebuild or otherwise fucking with depends and build options suggested
by the ebuild maintainer)
I already said I agree with you, that in this specific case it seems to
be a bug appropriate for reporting to b.g.o.
But looking at your original response, you said:
I'd think that the developers would rather have that information
posted to http://bugs.gentoo.org/ instead...
To me, Holly, and I'd bet many others, the "instead..." in that line
could only be read as telling the OP that he has posted to the wrong
place, and that we do not welcome such things here.
Plus, the OP message was very much of the "here is the output of a
failed build, what does it mean" variety. Many such posts come from
people who don't know how to recognize the actual source of the build
failure. Whether it says "missing file", "unresolved symbol", "locking
failed", or "compiler bug", they simply do not know what it *really*
means (and sometimes, not even what line contains the real problem).
Now, I don't mean to offend any users here. I don't expect everybody
running Gentoo to be a programmer or linux expert. So I will say it
clearly: if a user encounters an error in emerge that he doesn't know
what to do with, it is entirely appropriate to post here first.
Of course, but in this case it wasn't an oversight... The poster
explicitly said that using march=k8 seemed to no longer be the
recommendation of the docs. That implies at least _some_ looking into
the subject before posting...
No, Holly said that her advice was based on "recent threads". A recent
thread on this list involving gzip on by an amd64 user suggested trying
different march options. Now, it was _bad_ advice (sorry Holly, but it
was!), but Holly did say she doesn't use amd64 and wasn't sure.
Since I'm myself using the specified platform and have had at least a
bit experience with it
Good. Please help educate those of us who don't have or know the amd64
platform very well! :-)
Also, since the originator had posted the "emerge info" output, I
assumed that he/she was at least a bit familiar with how bug handling
is handled by Gentoo.
Maybe, but I still think it was pretty clear that the OP was not sure
whether the problem was an actual bug or not.
-Richard
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