Re: [boost] Showstopper ticket #4736 not in trunk or release

Subject: Re: [boost] Showstopper ticket #4736 not in trunk or release
From: Anthony Williams (anthony.ajw_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-11-08 16:34:21

Eric Niebler <eric_at_[hidden]> writes:

> On 11/8/2010 11:31 AM, Jim Bell wrote:
>> On 11/8/2010 9:55 AM, Jim Bell wrote:
>>> The patch for showstopper ticket # 4736 isn't in either the trunk or
>>> release branches as of this morning (r66453).
>>>
>>> Did it get missed? 
>> 
>> I see now that it was closed with 'worksforme' (which I missed), without
>> the patch applied.
>> 
>> But the test_tss_lib test still fails on both trunk and release, though
>> the (failed) behavior seems to have shifted from 2010/10/21 to now (see
>> comment #3). I'm still sorting it out.
>> 
>> Sorry I missed that it has been closed for some time. Not sure it's to
>> my satisfaction, but at this late stage what's my recourse?
>
> Anthony, what is the risk of just accepting this patch, even if you
> can't reproduce the problem personally? If it fixes the failures on
> trunk, maybe it's the right fix. Right?

The patch is an incomplete fix; I will address this tomorrow.

Anthony
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