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GDB snapshot changes
- To: GDB Testers <gdb-testers at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- Subject: GDB snapshot changes
- From: Andrew Cagney <ac131313 at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 18:36:25 +1100
- CC: GDB Discussion <gdb at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>, "Insight (GDB GUI)" <insight at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- Organization: Cygnus Solutions
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Hello,
Firstly, I'm pleased to report that nightly snapshots appear to be
working reliably. See the directory:
ftp://sourceware.cygnus.com/pub/gdb/snapshots/
For those that are curious, ``-D'' is used so that while each snapshot
is created during the afternoon, it contains the sources from exactly
``00:00 GMT'' each morning.
Secondly, as part of this revamp I've changed what is created. Instead
of a plithera of snapshots and diffs (gdb, insight, dejagnu,
gdb+dejagnu, insight+deajgnu), I'm now only creating snapshots and diffs
for:
gdb+dejagnu
and insight+dejagnu
The rationale for these changes are:
o People using snapshots probably
want to put GDB through its
testsuite before using it...
To do this reliably, a synchronized
gdb and dejagnu are needed.
Combining the two into a single
snapshot should simplify this.
o It reduces greatly the total
amount of data being shaddowed
by remote sites.
Finally, I've seen a request for md5 or brik checksums of all files.
I've added that to my list of things to do.
If people have comments or objections, please let me know.
Andrew
PS: For what its worth, for many years I was dependant on the nightly
snapshots. One frustration I found was the constant need to
download/apply/merge both gdb and dejagnu diffs. Having dejagnu bundled
in with gdb, I think, is much easier. Hopefully others will agree :-)