Re: [Qemu-devel] [Build bug] Problem checking out submodules

[Alex Bennée]

address@hidden writes:

> On 10/01/2013 04:37 PM, Alex Bennée wrote:
>>
>> address@hidden writes:
>>
>>> Hello:
>>>
>>> In the daily qemu.git autotest run, I started to see the following
>>> problem while checking out the qemu.git tree and checking out the
>>> submodules:

Oh I just noticed that. Is this Stefan's buildbot stuff or an internal
auto-test set-up? I only ask because I noticed this while testing my
Travis patches. I'm trying to get a feel for what CI type tasks are
running in QEMU world, both public and internal to companies.

>>
>> It looks like a recent commit to update the version of SeaBIOS used
>> broke the build as the qemu mirror hasn't been updated yet. You can work
>> around it for now by patching .gitmodules:
>
> Ok, thanks for the explanation. Local patching is not really a scalable 
> option when performing automated testing though. I'll keep the daily job 
> running, and when the mirror is updated, the failures will stop.

I'll be submitting a patch tomorrow when I post the next version of the
Travis patches up to the mailing list.

-- 
Alex Bennée