Re: misc/55757 (Builds fail to clean up temporary files)

[Andreas Gustafsson <gson%gson.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR misc/55757; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Andreas Gustafsson <gson%gson.org@localhost>
To: Luke Mewburn <luke%mewburn.net@localhost>
Cc: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: misc/55757 (Builds fail to clean up temporary files)
Date: Sun, 21 May 2023 21:06:28 +0300

 Luke Mewburn wrote:
 > Are you happy for the PR to be closed now, or do you want to wait until
 > you've done root cause analysis using automated bisection as described
 > below?
 
 Yes, closing it now is fine by me - I can comment on the PR when the
 bisection finishes even if it's already closed.
 
 > That said, if it was an issue in the host compiler (e.g., older gcc
 > with a bug in temp file handling), then it's quite feasible that
 > the bug is observed in a build of -current after the 9.3.0 gcc was
 > imported - i.e., the PR being 6 weeks after said import - depending
 > upon the age of the host compiler.
 
 In principle, sure, but the bisection has already encountered several
 versions both with and without the bug, all using the same host
 compiler.
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 Andreas Gustafsson, gson%gson.org@localhost