From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: sean Subject: Re: Problem with git bisect between 2.6.15 and 2.6.16 Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 19:06:27 -0500 Message-ID: References: <0e7301c651fa$9e0fd770$a100a8c0@casabyte.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue Mar 28 02:09:18 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FO1ll-00051K-JK for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Tue, 28 Mar 2006 02:09:09 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932137AbWC1AJG (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Mar 2006 19:09:06 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932142AbWC1AJG (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Mar 2006 19:09:06 -0500 Received: from bayc1-pasmtp03.bayc1.hotmail.com ([65.54.191.163]:6830 "EHLO BAYC1-PASMTP03.bayc1.hotmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932137AbWC1AJF (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Mar 2006 19:09:05 -0500 X-Originating-IP: [69.156.138.66] X-Originating-Email: [seanlkml@sympatico.ca] Received: from linux1.attic.local ([69.156.138.66]) by BAYC1-PASMTP03.bayc1.hotmail.com over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Mon, 27 Mar 2006 16:09:04 -0800 Received: from guru.attic.local (guru.attic.local [10.10.10.28]) by linux1.attic.local (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D5ED644C28; Mon, 27 Mar 2006 19:09:03 -0500 (EST) To: "Greg Lee" Message-Id: <20060327190627.7d72794f.seanlkml@sympatico.ca> In-Reply-To: <0e7301c651fa$9e0fd770$a100a8c0@casabyte.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.0.4 (GTK+ 2.8.15; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) X-OriginalArrivalTime: 28 Mar 2006 00:09:04.0438 (UTC) FILETIME=[D2F26560:01C651FB] Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 19:00:25 -0500 "Greg Lee" wrote: > I get the following when I try to git bisect between 2.6.15 and 2.6.16: > > [root@Fedora-test tmp]# git clone > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git linux-git > [root@Fedora-test linux-git]# git bisect start > [root@Fedora-test linux-git]# cd linux-git > [root@Fedora-test linux-git]# git bisect good v2.6.16 > [root@Fedora-test linux-git]# git bisect bad v2.6.15 > dab47a31f42a23d2b374e1cd7d0b797e8e08b23d was both good and bad > > What is the proper method to do a bisect between 2.6.15 and 2.6.16? > You need to do the bisect start after you cd into the linux-git directory. Also, it appears you have the good and bad reversed, presumably the newer (v2.6.16) is bad, and the older (v.2.6.15) is good. Sean