From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 16483 invoked by alias); 23 Oct 2013 16:55:05 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 16457 invoked by uid 89); 23 Oct 2013 16:55:04 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-Spam-User: qpsmtpd, 2 recipients X-HELO: mail-wi0-f173.google.com Received: from mail-wi0-f173.google.com (HELO mail-wi0-f173.google.com) (209.85.212.173) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES128-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Wed, 23 Oct 2013 16:55:03 +0000 Received: by mail-wi0-f173.google.com with SMTP id ey11so7698544wid.0 for ; Wed, 23 Oct 2013 09:55:00 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.194.94.167 with SMTP id dd7mr2518651wjb.43.1382547300235; Wed, 23 Oct 2013 09:55:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.194.205.136 with HTTP; Wed, 23 Oct 2013 09:55:00 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <874n88dj74.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> References: <201310231640.r9NGeOjY029105@ignucius.se.axis.com> <874n88dj74.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 16:55:00 -0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: File missing from the git: texinfo/texinfo.tex From: Fred Cooke To: Tom Tromey Cc: Hans-Peter Nilsson , binutils , GDB Development Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-SW-Source: 2013-10/txt/msg00112.txt.bz2 Redo it and maybe see if we can fix the discontinuity at the same time? Maybe someone can take a look at the existing repo if you can provide a hash/date/other identifier for the problem area, and find a solution to use? How about applying the texinfo to a temp branch and trying to weed out other issues before going to the hassle, too? Fred. On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 6:51 PM, Tom Tromey wrote: >>>>>> "Hans-Peter" == Hans-Peter Nilsson writes: > > Hans-Peter> Just a heads-up. > Hans-Peter> Looks like at least one file didn't make it in the git > Hans-Peter> conversion; worse, one needed by the src-release targets (which > Hans-Peter> is used to build releases and snapshots): texinfo/texinfo.tex. > > Hans-Peter> This will cause problems with people's autotesters and snapshot > Hans-Peter> creation. (Tom Tromey is alerted and on it; the git may have to > Hans-Peter> be re-created or something like that.) > > I had put texinfo into the list of directories to remove before > conversion. This caused the problem. > > I think there are two choices to fix it. > > One, fix my script and redo the conversion. This is easy, though (1) it > takes quite a lot of time, (2) any git commits since the first > conversion will have to be re-applied (there aren't many -- I can handle > it), and (3) any work anybody else has done on a clone of the repository > will have to be redone. > > The argument for this choice is mainly that it is more true to the > history. E.g., with the current git repository you can't faithfully > re-create old releases. > > > Two, pretend the problem away and check in the file now. > > > I don't really have a preference. However it would be good to decide > soon. So, please send email today. > > thanks, > Tom