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 trust

Re: 6.9. Glibc-2.12.1

2011-06-23 Thread Andrew Benton
On Thu, 23 Jun 2011 19:59:47 +1200 Simon Geard delga...@ihug.co.nz 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

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

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

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 when

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 or less the

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 or less the

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) make[2]:

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. Harsh.

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 or less the

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: robertmullinrob...@gmail.com; Date: Fri, Jun 17, 2011 00:33 AM To: lfs-supportlfs-support@linuxfromscratch.org; Subject:

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 --

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 than

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-mqueue5.out]

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) make[2]:

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-mqueue5.out]

Re: 6.9. Glibc-2.12.1

2011-06-16 Thread Andrew Benton
On Thu, 16 Jun 2011 16:29:19 -0500 robert mullinrob...@gmail.com 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