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List:       openbsd-bugs
Subject:    Re: bug in posix_memalign
From:       Otto Moerbeek <otto () drijf ! net>
Date:       2019-03-28 13:02:34
Message-ID: 20190328130234.GL98056 () clue ! drijf ! net
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On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 01:50:33PM +0100, paul zimmermann wrote:

> > Unsupported release. It is fixed in 6.2. Last release is 6.4. We're
> > preparing for 6.5....
> > 
> > http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.c?rev=1.225
> > 
> > Why keep running old stuff?  The upgrade proces is really simple.
> 
> thank you to Stuart and you for the quick answer. The reason we are keeping
> that old release (we even have 5.9) is that we want to check portability
> of our cado-nfs program, and testing on old releases is quite efficient for that.
> 
> Paul Zimmermann
> 

For bug reporting we ask people to test against latest release or even
current. Reporting bugs using old releases is just wasting everybody's
time.

	-Otto

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