[fpc-pascal] Re: backport 2.3.1 fix to 2.2.x fixes branch?

Jonas Maebe jonas.maebe at elis.ugent.be
Wed Apr 2 16:05:30 CEST 2008


On 02 Apr 2008, at 14:23, Seth Grover wrote:

>> If the fix is not too invasive (i.e., its effects are generally
>> overseeable), and if it has been in 2.3.1 for a while and no bad
>> effects are reported, then it will be merged after a while. These
>> particular fixes will be merged at some time in the future, but I
>> don't know when yet exactly. If you can test the fixes in trunk and
>> report whether or not everything indeed works now for you, that would
>> be very helpful.
>>
>
> Thank you for your response! I grabbed 2.3.1 from subversion and ran
> both tests attached to bug 9089. The initialization code in the .so's
> are indeed being called now. Finalization is not, but I read somewhere
> else that that is another known issue, and, for me at least, that's
> not as big a deal.

Actually, finalization should also work in the mean time. But I mainly  
meant verifying the fix with your own program. The tests themselves  
are run automatically every night.

> I would have reported these results in the bug itself, but I can't
> seem to find a way for mantis to let me comment on them now that it's
> closed.

No, that's indeed not possible.


Jonas



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