Re: Port amd64 - build broken - (tool) makefs/msdos.c

[christos%astron.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)]

In article <9ECCD7B0-6A5B-4C5D-A5A1-CED1A40AF27B%msys.ch@localhost>,
Marc Balmer  <marc%msys.ch@localhost> wrote:
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>Am 26.01.2013 um 23:47 schrieb Rhialto <rhialto%falu.nl@localhost>:
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>> On Sat 26 Jan 2013 at 20:08:20 +0100, Marc Balmer wrote:
>>> But isn't it a shame we have to use such 19th century coal miner's
>>> methods when developing for NetBSD, when on the other side, the one
>>> committing a change, could simple test compile the tree before
>>> commiting?
>> 
>> In the time it takes to do a full build (for most machines still a few
>> hours or so, I think?), somebody else could have committed something.
>> Then you'd have to do it again...
>
>No, if everybody does a build before commit, then these commit during
>_my_ build run are safe.

For tools like makefs a native build is not enough. You need a cross build
from a non-NetBSD system.

christos