On 27/09/06, Andrew Pinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On 27/09/06, Diego Novillo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Manuel López-Ibáñez wrote on 09/27/06 17:38:
> >
> > > Why? Perhaps I am entirely wrong but can't you just don't update (svn
> > > up) those directories that are switched until mainline is in an usable
> > > state?
> > >
> > 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.
For an example, an extension is added to the C++ front-end and a change to the
libstdc++ library that now require this extension. Now you have a mix match
between
the library and the compiler as you are using a pristine libstdc++ from the
mainline
but a branched C++ front-end.
Sorry, I still don't see where is the problem. You either want the
extension in your branch, so you merge it and simply update libstdc++,
or you don't want the extension just yet, so you just don't update
libstdc++ (or update back to your previous revision).
If you had branched libstdc++ you would have a similar situation: to
merge or not to merge the extension to both.
