Re: Build failing, where to report?

smurfd <[email protected]> Wed, 15 Jul 2026 20:24:58 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 7/15/26 8:23 PM, Martin Husemann wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 15, 2026 at 07:37:27PM +0200, smurfd wrote:
>> Hey
>> So i tend to build src occationally/frequntly, for fun.
>> Sometimes, like today, it fails.
>> Where would i report the issue, is that as a bug? or like this as a mail?
>> Commands i use to build, at the bottom of below output.
>> This time it was not a crosscompile either, built on amd64 for amd64.
> Two things to check first:
>
>   - does it also fail on the auto-build cluster?
> 	https://releng.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/builds.cgi
>
>     If these fail to, it will be fixed relatively quickly (unless the fix
>     is hard like some atari boot disk overflowing which might take a
>     few days to get resolved)
>
>   - since you are doing update builds, is there something noted
>     in src/UPDATING
>
>     If so, try following the procedure given there first before reporting
>
>
> Most build failures get noticed pretty quickly by the auto-build cluster
> or one of the test build setups (which do send emails about the failures).
>
> However, if you should happen to be the first to hit it, or something
> special to your build happens, just report it on this list (or on
> current-users, either will work).
>
> Martin

Great, thanks!
br