Changes

Committed some updates to the SVN repository.

Committed some updates to the SVN repository.

The quest to build a suitable "wrapper" for the build system is not doing well. So far I have only observed various build logs posted on [http://tinderbox.mozilla.org Tinderbox] for the SeaMonkey build. Here are some observations I come up with.

Updated the file ''svn.pl''. Added the ''diff'' subroutine. It's a wrapper around the ''svn diff'' command. Updated the ''update'' subroutine. Added another argument and made them both optional. Subroutine can now accept a directory/file argument in addition to revision number.

* Line. A line in a file is the lowest change denominator.

The lower down the list you go, the higher the possibility of inconsistencies (inability to successfully compile source tree).

Added two files to the SVN repository: ''makewrapper.pl'' and ''maketest.pl''. I have no idea if the files will be useful or if I just wasted my time.

Added two files to the SVN repository: ''svn.pl'' and ''svntest.pl''. I have no idea if the files will be useful or if I just wasted my time.

Discussed the project with dave humphrey. The gist of the discussion is:

I read through your documentation here, and it is looking good. I also spoke to Shaver by phone this morning, and we chatted briefly about this project. He suggests that you start your work by looking for a suitable '''Crash Case''', one that happens reliably. Then you need at what would be necessary in order to bisect the change set (e.g., [http://www.mozilla.org/bonsai.html bonsai] data) in order to get closer to the change that introduced the bug. Shaver suggested that robc (Rob Campbell) might be a good person to help you brainstorm on this.