Re: INVARIANTS and -current

2000-11-25 Thread Cyrille Lefevre
Steve Kargl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Eivind Eklund wrote: > > (Based on suggestion from Robert Watson.) > > > > I want to enable INVARIANTS by default in -current. This result in some > > slowdown, but it also makes it more likely that we'll find bugs quickly. > > People that want to run -

Re: INVARIANTS and -current

2000-10-31 Thread Eivind Eklund
On Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 10:06:14PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Could someone give a quick explanation what INVARIANTS does? It adds more internal consistency checks to the kernel. This make bugs show up more promptly and in a more predictable fashion, which again makes it easier to fix the

Re: INVARIANTS and -current

2000-10-31 Thread janb
Could someone give a quick explanation what INVARIANTS does? JAn On Wed, 1 Nov 2000, Boris Popov wrote: > On Tue, 31 Oct 2000, Eivind Eklund wrote: > > > I want to enable INVARIANTS by default in -current. This result in some > > slowdown, but it also makes it more likely that we'll find bugs

Re: INVARIANTS and -current

2000-10-31 Thread Boris Popov
On Tue, 31 Oct 2000, Eivind Eklund wrote: > I want to enable INVARIANTS by default in -current. This result in some > slowdown, but it also makes it more likely that we'll find bugs quickly. > People that want to run -current should know enough to disable it if it is > in the way, anyway. > > W

Re: INVARIANTS and -current

2000-10-31 Thread Steve Kargl
Eivind Eklund wrote: > (Based on suggestion from Robert Watson.) > > I want to enable INVARIANTS by default in -current. This result in some > slowdown, but it also makes it more likely that we'll find bugs quickly. > People that want to run -current should know enough to disable it if it is > i

INVARIANTS and -current

2000-10-31 Thread Eivind Eklund
(Based on suggestion from Robert Watson.) I want to enable INVARIANTS by default in -current. This result in some slowdown, but it also makes it more likely that we'll find bugs quickly. People that want to run -current should know enough to disable it if it is in the way, anyway. Well-reasoned