Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2] build: specify minimum versions of make and binutils

2016-02-11 Thread Jan Beulich
>>> On 10.02.16 at 21:36, wrote: > On 28/01/2016 13:47, Jan Beulich wrote: > On 28.01.16 at 14:02, wrote: >>> On Thu, 2016-01-28 at 05:49 -0700, Jan Beulich wrote: >>> On 28.01.16 at 00:12, wrote: > To help

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2] build: specify minimum versions of make and binutils

2016-02-11 Thread Ian Campbell
On Thu, 2016-02-11 at 03:42 -0700, Jan Beulich wrote: > I think it is quite relevant which version is to be picked: Anything > older no-one could legitimately report issues against (and I would > very much like to continue to be able to submit build fixes I find > necessary on those two old boxes

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2] build: specify minimum versions of make and binutils

2016-02-11 Thread Jan Beulich
>>> On 11.02.16 at 11:59, wrote: > On Thu, 2016-02-11 at 03:42 -0700, Jan Beulich wrote: >> I think it is quite relevant which version is to be picked: Anything >> older no-one could legitimately report issues against (and I would >> very much like to continue to be able

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2] build: specify minimum versions of make and binutils

2016-02-10 Thread Andrew Cooper
On 28/01/2016 13:47, Jan Beulich wrote: On 28.01.16 at 14:02, wrote: >> On Thu, 2016-01-28 at 05:49 -0700, Jan Beulich wrote: >> On 28.01.16 at 00:12, wrote: To help people avoid having to figure out what versions of make and

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2] build: specify minimum versions of make and binutils

2016-01-28 Thread Jan Beulich
>>> On 28.01.16 at 00:12, wrote: > To help people avoid having to figure out what versions of make and > binutils need to be supported document them explicitly. The version of > binutils that had to be supported was mentioned in >

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2] build: specify minimum versions of make and binutils

2016-01-28 Thread Ian Campbell
On Thu, 2016-01-28 at 05:49 -0700, Jan Beulich wrote: > > > > On 28.01.16 at 00:12, wrote: > > To help people avoid having to figure out what versions of make and > > binutils need to be supported document them explicitly. The version of > > binutils that had to be supported

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2] build: specify minimum versions of make and binutils

2016-01-28 Thread Doug Goldstein
On 1/28/16 7:47 AM, Jan Beulich wrote: On 28.01.16 at 14:02, wrote: >> On Thu, 2016-01-28 at 05:49 -0700, Jan Beulich wrote: >> On 28.01.16 at 00:12, wrote: To help people avoid having to figure out what versions of make and binutils

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2] build: specify minimum versions of make and binutils

2016-01-28 Thread Jan Beulich
>>> On 28.01.16 at 14:02, wrote: > On Thu, 2016-01-28 at 05:49 -0700, Jan Beulich wrote: >> > > > On 28.01.16 at 00:12, wrote: >> > To help people avoid having to figure out what versions of make and >> > binutils need to be supported document them

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v2] build: specify minimum versions of make and binutils

2016-01-27 Thread Doug Goldstein
To help people avoid having to figure out what versions of make and binutils need to be supported document them explicitly. The version of binutils that had to be supported was mentioned in http://lists.xenproject.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2016-01/msg00609.html as 2.17 recently. It was decided