Manuel López-Ibáñez wrote on 09/27/06 18:50: > On 27/09/06, Diego Novillo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Manuel López-Ibáñez wrote on 09/27/06 18:25: >>> On 27/09/06, Diego Novillo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>> If a pristine directory needs changes from the directory I branched, I'm >>>> in trouble. >>>> >>> Why? Sorry, I think I don't understand what you mean. >>> >> Say I branch gcc/gcc and keep all the runtime libraries pristine. Now >> suppose that a new change in mainline introduces changes in gcc/libgomp >> which require a new compiler option. >> >> Since I branched gcc/gcc I'm out of sync with mainline and now libgomp >> doesn't build, forcing me to merge my branched directory. > > Hum, no? You can either don't update libgomp (or update back to a > previous revision). > No, you cannot count on that. The machines I have doing automated check-outs and builds of my branch will get corrupted trees. Somebody else getting a copy of the branch will also get a broken tree.
> Anyway, feel free to end this conversation as soon as you wish since > Paul Brook is right: given fast internet and plenty harddrive, all > this is pointless. > Precisely. It's much simpler to branch the whole thing. SVN ought to be smart enough to do COW versioning (I understand it does).
