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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Sub-optimal ordering of rev-building in star-merge
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Charles Duffy |
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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Sub-optimal ordering of rev-building in star-merge |
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Thu, 11 Mar 2004 10:28:11 -0600 |
On Mon, 2004-03-08 at 21:42, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> - Aha the latest is 142, so let's built that.
> - Aha the common ancestor is 135 so let's build that.
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> Since the second came after the first, 142 was build from 59 by applying
> patches 60->142, while 135 was built from 59 as well by applying patch
> 60->135.
Ouch.
A non-sparse library would have kept its copy of 135 made while building
142, so this issue wouldn't have come up -- which is probably why it
hasn't been noticed by other folks previously.