From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 17406 invoked from network); 30 Nov 2004 15:19:07 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by lists.gentoo.org with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 30 Nov 2004 15:19:07 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([156.56.111.196] helo=parrot.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1CZ9mV-0006r0-2t for arch-gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 30 Nov 2004 15:19:07 +0000 Received: (qmail 11619 invoked by uid 89); 30 Nov 2004 15:19:06 +0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 32096 invoked from network); 30 Nov 2004 15:19:06 +0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=N1CtjNFx734jhvwwshM07G9P3aZSVqWpTztOhu2DZCYDt2Z+TgdP8B1egpeC26bPx1Yt5+hn6s4sVMkXm+GM60Ai31AHjsLTV12aJk1GlIkat9LHJxkuaaOGq0MIJ4/C7Atyu/mmw++9+yiqmy0qy8WcjRYPqIoHuGDTsWM4RXE= Message-ID: <610e3466041130071933f743a0@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 11:19:05 -0400 From: "Chris L. Mason" Reply-To: "Chris L. Mason" To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <1101768789.8811.1.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <1101753879.32291.11.camel@mymach.qrypto.org> <64652.216.125.51.60.1101761343.squirrel@216.125.51.60> <1101790229.14250.29.camel@mymach.qrypto.org> <1101768789.8811.1.camel@localhost> Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] FEATURES_maketest_question X-Archives-Salt: 49cc15a8-f448-4e24-af38-82445d1882c8 X-Archives-Hash: 63e934463fd3a50d621d8c404a07cce8 On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 06:53:09 +0800, Mike Gardiner wrote: > Just curious but, > > Why do you, as a user, feel it necessary to use FEATURES="maketest"? I'm > just curious as to what motivates some people to use maketest. > Personally, I use it because it gives me extra checks that a package is working correctly before I merge into my system and potentially break things. Since I am mostly using non-x86 this becomes more likely. Btw, if we (as users) run into a package that fails maketest, is opening a bug the right thing to do? Thanks, Chris -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list