Archaic wrote these words on 05/11/06 19:44 CST:

> In fact, if you copied and pasted, it shouldn't have even gotten through
> configure. The book has:
> 
>   C_EXTRA_FLAGS=fno-strict-aliasing \
> 
> instead of:
> 
>   C_EXTRA_FLAGS=-fno-strict-aliasing \
>                 ^

This is key. Earlier today, I ran what I thought was the right command.
I know that I had the extra_flags stuff in there. Configure ran right.
The tests failed, over and over.

I started over and then, kept getting messages during configure about
some crap and it didn't even go 20 lines deep. I wondered like hell
what that was all about. I removed the extra_cflags and ran without
it. Same results.

If you're saying that Bruce put stuff into the book, that wasn't
tested (tested to me is using copy and pasted stuff from known good
builds straight into the XML file), then I am thoroughly disappointed
in him. If so, and this is a typo on his part, I lost hours. To me,
and I know this is harsh, it is inexcusable. To not put instructions
in the book cut and pasted from known good instructions is just asking
for trouble.

We're talking about a test suite that takes almost an hour to run.
This is a significant time investment.

-- 
Randy

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