Re: gdb and ancient GNU autotools

Eli Schwartz via Gdb
2024-02-26T00:27:42Z

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On 2/25/24 4:50 PM, Tomasz Kłoczko wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Feb 2024 at 21:19, Eli Schwartz <eschwartz93@gmail.com> wrote:
> [..]
>
>> I think it's not entirely unreasonable for a project to internally place
>> its own demands on its own resources, with the knowledge of how much it
>> has in the way of resources...
>>
>
> For some reason LITERALLY only ONE git repo is treating that as DEMAND.
> No, I'm pointing to an INCORRECT/UNREALISTIC/causing some real issues on
> client side web server settings.
>
>> But yes, having a cache certainly helps.
>>
>> Rather, it is "having a cache is basic politeness unto others"
>
>
> So you suggest that I should start caching ..
>
> [tkloczko@pers-jacek SPECS]$ grep VCS:.*https://sourceware.org/git *spec |
> wc -l
> 8
>
> of 4444 git repos because some wannabe-webmaster added a throttling module
> in the web server setup when NO ONE ELSE ANYWHERE is using such settings?
> Really?🤔
> If "yes" I have no more questions.

No.

I'm suggesting you cache all 4444 of them. When your cache starts to get
near the limits of its disk space, start evicting the least recently
used ones.

This is standard caching technology.

Thanks.

> Thank you for suggestions of using some public buildbots on which I have no
> physical control.
> Even if I'll be using those buildbots (which I'm not going to waste my time
> because I have now WORKING build infra) execution of the same build
> procedure will cause the SAME RESULT. Do you see that now?🤔

I truly have no idea why you think anyone has suggested you acquire an
account on builder.sourceware.org, as that has never even tangentially
been suggested.

Perhaps you should re-read the thread?

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Eli Schwartz

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