[Buildroot] [PATCH] libtool version update 2.4.2
Stephan Hoffmann
sho at relinux.de
Mon Nov 12 07:46:26 UTC 2012
Am 11.11.2012 23:05, schrieb Thomas Petazzoni:
> On Sun, 11 Nov 2012 23:00:56 +0100, Arnout Vandecappelle wrote:
>> On 11/10/12 10:53, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
>>> Alexander,
>>>
>>> On Fri, 9 Nov 2012 16:38:52 +0400, Alexander Khryukin wrote:
>>>
>>>> -LIBTOOL_VERSION = 2.2.10
>>>> +LIBTOOL_VERSION = 2.4.2
>>> How much testing did you give to this version bump? A libtool
>>> version bump is a very sensitive operation, as host-libtool is used
>>> to autoreconfigure many packages in Buildroot. Therefore, this
>>> patch needs a good amount of testing before being committed
>>> (ideally testing that all packages having<foo>_AUTORECONF = YES
>>> still build).
>> Can't we rely on the autobuilders to do that?
> Sure, we'll certainly rely on the autobuilders for a complete testing.
Hello,
did you ever think about inventing a kind of "testing" branch with a
seperate autobuilder running on? That could keep major build problems
away from the master branch.
Just my 2 cents
Stephan
> But I wanted to know if it had been tested again 2 packages or 20-40
> packages, which makes quite a bit of difference :)
>
>> That said, I wouldn't do this for 2012.11 anymore...
> For sure, it should not be part of 2012.11, we already have enough
> issues to fix.
>
> Thomas
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