Messages in this thread | | | From | Matthias Urlichs <> | Subject | Re: compile error with 2.6.0-test6 on ppc32 | Date | Tue, 07 Oct 2003 16:04:54 +0200 |
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Hi, Christian wrote: >> That's a regression in binutils. Debian/unstable fixed it in version >> 2.14.90.0.6-3. > > indeed! i just have to update *even more* often :-) > Or less often. :-/
> hm, the term "regression" is only known to me from mathematics, but i > don't know how this could be related to compiling issues....
It's a fairly standard term. Basically, it means that some feature (interpreted broadly, e.g. "compiles this piece of code correctly") worked in version X but fails to do so due to a bug (as opposed to a feature change or removal) in version Y, where Y>X. Most often, the first step of fixing the problem is increasing X or decreasing Y successively so that X==Y-1.
> Thank you, 2.6.0-test6 is compiling now. You're welcome.
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