Re: 6.9. Glibc-2.12.1

2011-06-23 Thread Andrew Benton
On Thu, 23 Jun 2011 19:59:47 +1200 Simon Geard wrote: > And that's fine - I'm not trying to convince everyone else that running > tests is unnecessary. I just don't find it worth my time, running tests > for every piece of software I install. Same here. If it's broken I'll find out when I try to

Re: 6.9. Glibc-2.12.1

2011-06-23 Thread Simon Geard
On Wed, 2011-06-22 at 15:21 +0100, Eric Plummer wrote: > Simon: > That is one heck of an assumption... If you assume everyone else does > their job properly, I have a used car you might be interested in... Oh, I know it's not necessarily accurate, don't get me wrong. But as I said, if I don't tru

Re: 6.9. Glibc-2.12.1

2011-06-22 Thread Eric Plummer
Simon Geard wrote: > On Mon, 2011-06-20 at 12:00 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: >> Interesting. I have more faith in my own code than I do in others'. >> You apparently trust others' works more than you do your own. > > It's more that I see automated testing as being for the developer's > benefit - so

Re: 6.9. Glibc-2.12.1

2011-06-22 Thread Simon Geard
On Mon, 2011-06-20 at 12:00 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: > Interesting. I have more faith in my own code than I do in others'. > You apparently trust others' works more than you do your own. It's more that I see automated testing as being for the developer's benefit - so when writing code, it's ess

Re: 6.9. Glibc-2.12.1

2011-06-22 Thread Simon Geard
On Mon, 2011-06-20 at 12:00 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: > Interesting. I have more faith in my own code than I do in others'. > You apparently trust others' works more than you do your own. It's more that I see automated testing as being for the developer's benefit - so when writing code, it's esse

Re: 6.9. Glibc-2.12.1

2011-06-20 Thread Mike McCarty
Simon Geard wrote: > On Fri, 2011-06-17 at 11:12 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: >> Webmaster wrote: >>> I never "check", because if the check passed it's useless but if the >>> check failed you can do nothing. >> Then you do not understand the purpose of testing. I've heard >> many a manager say more o

Re: 6.9. Glibc-2.12.1

2011-06-20 Thread Mike McCarty
Simon Geard wrote: > On Fri, 2011-06-17 at 11:12 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: >> Webmaster wrote: >>> I never "check", because if the check passed it's useless but if the >>> check failed you can do nothing. >> Then you do not understand the purpose of testing. I've heard >> many a manager say more o

Re: 6.9. Glibc-2.12.1

2011-06-19 Thread robert
On 06/16/2011 05:30 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > robert wrote: >> cannot get beyond this: >> >> make[1]: Target `check' not remade because of errors. >> make[1]: Leaving directory `/sources/glibc-2.12.1' >> make: *** [check] Error 2 >> make[2]: [/sources/glibc-build/posix/annexc.out] Error 1 (ignored)

Re: 6.9. Glibc-2.12.1

2011-06-18 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Simon Geard wrote: > On Fri, 2011-06-17 at 11:12 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: >> Webmaster wrote: >>> I never "check", because if the check passed it's useless but if the >>> check failed you can do nothing. >> Then you do not understand the purpose of testing. I've heard >> many a manager say more o

Re: 6.9. Glibc-2.12.1

2011-06-18 Thread Simon Geard
On Fri, 2011-06-17 at 11:12 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: > Webmaster wrote: > > I never "check", because if the check passed it's useless but if the > > check failed you can do nothing. > > Then you do not understand the purpose of testing. I've heard > many a manager say more or less the same thing

Re: Re:6.9. Glibc-2.12.1

2011-06-17 Thread Danny Engelbarts
On vr, 2011-06-17 at 22:12 +0800, Webmaster wrote: > I never "check", because if the check passed it's useless but if the > check failed you can do nothing. If the check passed you know you have succeeded thus far, if it failed you might have made a mistake. I'd rather _know_ something is wrong th

Re: 6.9. Glibc-2.12.1

2011-06-17 Thread Mike McCarty
Webmaster wrote: > I never "check", because if the check passed it's useless but if the > check failed you can do nothing. Then you do not understand the purpose of testing. I've heard many a manager say more or less the same thing. Mac -- p="p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}";main(){printf(p,

Re:6.9. Glibc-2.12.1

2011-06-17 Thread Webmaster
I never "check", because if the check passed it's useless but if the check failed you can do nothing. -- Original -- From: "robert"; Date: Fri, Jun 17, 2011 00:33 AM To: "lfs-support"; Subject: 6.9. Glibc-2.12.1 cannot get beyond this: make

Re: 6.9. Glibc-2.12.1

2011-06-16 Thread Andrew Benton
On Thu, 16 Jun 2011 16:29:19 -0500 robert wrote: > What additional info should I post? About 20 lines or so before it _first_ says error. Andy -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information pa

Re: 6.9. Glibc-2.12.1

2011-06-16 Thread Bruce Dubbs
robert wrote: > cannot get beyond this: > > make[1]: Target `check' not remade because of errors. > make[1]: Leaving directory `/sources/glibc-2.12.1' > make: *** [check] Error 2 > make[2]: [/sources/glibc-build/posix/annexc.out] Error 1 (ignored) > make[2]: *** [/sources/glibc-build/rt/tst-mqueue

Re: 6.9. Glibc-2.12.1

2011-06-16 Thread robert
On 06/16/2011 02:37 PM, Mike McCarty wrote: > robert wrote: >> cannot get beyond this: >> >> make[1]: Target `check' not remade because of errors. >> make[1]: Leaving directory `/sources/glibc-2.12.1' >> make: *** [check] Error 2 >> make[2]: [/sources/glibc-build/posix/annexc.out] Error 1 (ignored)

Re: 6.9. Glibc-2.12.1

2011-06-16 Thread Mike McCarty
robert wrote: > cannot get beyond this: > > make[1]: Target `check' not remade because of errors. > make[1]: Leaving directory `/sources/glibc-2.12.1' > make: *** [check] Error 2 > make[2]: [/sources/glibc-build/posix/annexc.out] Error 1 (ignored) > make[2]: *** [/sources/glibc-build/rt/tst-mqueue