Bug#392592: a simpler patch

2007-01-04 Thread dann frazier
On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 01:21:25AM +0100, Bastian Blank wrote: > > My primary concern is that, in the future, the output of these scripts > > will change and we (or our successors) will either not notice or > > forget to update the hardcoded values. > > Thats why I say you should remove the code c

Bug#392592: a simpler patch

2007-01-03 Thread Bastian Blank
On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 04:27:32PM -0700, dann frazier wrote: > On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 11:51:32PM +0100, Bastian Blank wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 02, 2007 at 03:34:07PM -0700, dann frazier wrote: > > > Here's a patch that simply uses hardcoded definitions instead of > > > doing the dynamic tests that

Bug#392592: a simpler patch

2007-01-03 Thread dann frazier
On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 11:51:32PM +0100, Bastian Blank wrote: > On Tue, Jan 02, 2007 at 03:34:07PM -0700, dann frazier wrote: > > Here's a patch that simply uses hardcoded definitions instead of > > doing the dynamic tests that require architecture-specific scripts. > > We hardcode the compiler v

Bug#392592: a simpler patch

2007-01-03 Thread Bastian Blank
On Tue, Jan 02, 2007 at 03:34:07PM -0700, dann frazier wrote: > Here's a patch that simply uses hardcoded definitions instead of > doing the dynamic tests that require architecture-specific scripts. We hardcode the compiler version also. > --- linux-source-2.6.18/arch/ia64/Makefile.orig 200

Bug#392592: a simpler patch

2007-01-02 Thread dann frazier
Here's a patch that simply uses hardcoded definitions instead of doing the dynamic tests that require architecture-specific scripts. I don't particularly like this approach because it restricts portability and diverts from upstream. But, it is simpler, and this really needs to be fixed somehow bef