Re: Change your rsync address(es)

Rafael Garcia-Suarez wrote:
> 2008/12/19 Jerry D. Hedden <[email protected]>:
>> On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 12:24 PM, Steve Hay <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Rafael Garcia-Suarez wrote:
>>>> 2008/12/19 karl williamson <[email protected]>:
>>>>> Two things:  when I do as above using rsync, I merely get a list of
>>>>> the valid perl sources.  If I change the :: to a slash, I actually
>>>>> get the files.  However, .patch contains
>>>>> "blead 20081219.17:05:08 b1fccde5a5d6d9eece3886ce5cb9dc7b9027bee2"
>>>>> which doesn't compile well.
>>>> What is exactly the problem with that ? I don't think anything relies
>>>> on .patch being an integer, but I might be wrong.
>>> Nothing wrong with it here. I did a little smoke test using the new
>>> rsync source earlier, and it built fine (see attached).
>> It may work, but those type of change numbers are not "human readable".
> 
> You get the branch name, the timestamp, (on which you can do a
> lexicographic comparison), and the SHA1 of the head. How more human
> readable can we get ?
> 
> 
And a test fails: t/run/switches.t  It's looking for just a patch number:
# Failed at run/switches.t line 265
#      got '
# This is perl, v5.11.0 
DEVEL"blead-20081219.17:05:08-b1fccde5a5d6d9eece3886ce5cb9dc7b9027bee2" 
built for i686-linux
# (with 1 registered patch, see perl -V for more detail)
#
# Copyright 1987-2008, Larry Wall
#
# Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License 
or the
# GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit.
#
# Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on
# this system using "man perl" or "perldoc perl".  If you have access to the
# Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home Page.
#
# '
# expected /(?s-xim:This is perl, v5.11.0 (?:DEVEL\d+ )?built for 
i686\-linux.+Copyright.+Larry Wall.+Artistic License.+GNU General Public 
License)/