[M3devel] AMD64_FREEBSD to gcc 4.5?

[Olaf Wagner]

Quoting Jay K <jay.krell at cornell.edu>:
> AMD64_FREEBSD to gcc 4.5?
>
> There are a few options for me to do this:
>
>   - just make the "small" change and see what happens in Hudson
>        ("small" as in a small textual diff, but not small in meaning)
>   - ssh as hudson to the hudson node and work/test in $HOME/jay or such
>   - setup a VM and test it there; not difficult
>
> x86/AMD64 platforms have had a high rate of working here and there
> aren't many left, so option #1 doesn't seem too bad.
>
> "Philosophically" #1 is the worst, least responsible, option.
> But probably ok.
>
> I can at least do a quick cross build of cm3 only.
>   (still todo: enable cross building the whole system, for our
>    unusual but useful definition of "cross build")

AMD64_FREEBSD is one of the platforms that does quick continuous
builds, I'd go ahead and just make the small change if you can roll
it back easily.

If you want I can also give you an account on my home system for testing.

Olaf
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