[Oneiric PATCH 0/1] record and check the compiler version

[Tim Gardner]

On 08/19/2011 05:26 AM, Andy Whitcroft wrote:
> At UDS we determined that we really didn't mind the compiler changing but
> we did strongly prefer all flavours and architectures of the kernel built
> with the same one.  To this end we added extra interlocks between the
> two teams to try and avoid overlapping uploads of the kernel and compilers.
>
> One action coming from that session was that we would expect the compiler
> to change more and as a result we would add checks to confirm that all of
> our builds occured on the same compiler for any particular kernel version.
>
> Following this email is a patch for getabis which also checks the
> compiler version and reports any missmatch.  I have taken the liberty of
> recording the compiler version per flavour in the ABI directories so that
> we have a historical record of which actual compiler was really used in
> any one build.  This will help us find kernels of concern when we have
> problem compilers.
>
> NOTE: this is tree maintenance only check no build-time or run-time
> changes are needed.
>
> Obviously if this is accepted we will also need to fix the maint-getabis
> script to match, but I am holding the patch on that for review of this one.
>
> Comments?
>
> -apw
>
> Andy Whitcroft (1):
>    UBUNTU: record the compiler in the ABI and check for inconsistant
>      builds
>
>   debian/scripts/misc/getabis |   19 +++++++++++++++++++
>   1 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>

Works for me, and shouldn't cause problems for LTS backports ('cause we 
don't getabis there anyways). It won't work on Hardy, but then I don't 
think we really care.

Acked-by: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner at canonical.com>

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