[llvm-commits] Major regressions

[Reid Spencer]

Jeff,

On Sun, 2007-01-21 at 14:49 -0800, Jeff Cohen wrote:
> Chris Lattner wrote:
> >
> > On Jan 21, 2007, at 2:01 PM, Jeff Cohen wrote:
> >
> >> Well, I'm using the most recent version of both llvm and llvm-gcc
> >> (revision 254).  21 of the failures are ARM, but I don't care about
> >> those.  llvm-test is still running, but it's on track to matching the
> >> 275 failures I got the last time I ran it.
> >>
> >> I'm not going to switch to Linux or OS X or even 32-bit FreeBSD, and I'm
> >> not going to spend the time figuring out why LLVM hates 64-bit
> >> FreeBSD--especially as it's getting worse, not better--and it's clear no
> >> one else is going to spend the time either.  So I'm putting LLVM back on
> >> hold until later this year and hopefully the situation will be better 
> >> then.
> >
> > Fair enough.  However, unless *someone* on 64-bit freebsd 
> > investigates, it won't get better.  There is not much we can do about 
> > this.

FWIW, I agree with Chris on this. Someone on FreeBSD needs to do the
work. However, I'd be willing to take a crack at the obvious failures.
Most likely they are portability issues in the test cases. Could you
forward me the output of a nightly test run? I might be able to make a
dent in it.

Reid.

> >
> > -Chris
> >
> >
> True enough, but that someone will not be me.  I estimate that the work 
> required exceeds the benefits of me using LLVM.  The imbalance is far 
> worse on Windows.  And as if to prove the point, llvm-test has just 
> finished, with a record 287 failures.  So after fixing 5 of them, 
> another 12 have started failing.
>