re: CVS commit: src/usr.bin/make

[matthew green <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost>]

Roland Illig writes:
> Am 08.12.2021 um 02:09 schrieb matthew green:
> >> Module Name:	src
> >> Committed By:	rillig
> >> Date:		Sun Dec  5 14:57:36 UTC 2021
> >>
> >> Modified Files:
> >> 	src/usr.bin/make: test-variants.sh
> >> 	src/usr.bin/make/unit-tests: Makefile export.mk opt-file.mk
> >>
> >> Log Message:
> >> tests/make: migrate to jemalloc > 100
> >
> > note that the build allows choosing jemalloc 100 or 510, and
> > we default to 100 on vax and sun2 currently.
>
> The code of usr.bin/make is as platform-independent as possible,
> therefore my idea was to run the tests with memory debugging on the main
> development platforms, assuming that if the memory management would be
> broken, either x86_64 or i386 or sparc would fail first, and these are
> included in https://releng.netbsd.org/test-results.html.
>
> I don't think adding memory management debugging for vax or sun2
> provides much additional value.  Sure, if you insist, I can add that,
> but right now I feel it would be redundant.  On the plus side, omitting
> memory debugging on these platforms makes the tests run a bit faster.

i'm not asking that you make sun2 or vax stuff work, but
some of us choose to use jemalloc 100 on all builds and
since this is a supported option, i wanted to make sure
you were aware of it.

thanks.


.mrg.