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Re: [testsuite, build] Convert boehm-gc testsuite to DejaGnu (PR boehm-gc/11412)
- From: Dave Korn <dave dot korn dot cygwin at gmail dot com>
- To: "Joseph S. Myers" <joseph at codesourcery dot com>
- Cc: Rainer Orth <ro at CeBiTec dot Uni-Bielefeld dot DE>, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, java-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, Hans Boehm <hans_boehm at hp dot com>, Paolo Bonzini <bonzini at gnu dot org>, Janis Johnson <janis dot marie dot johnson at gmail dot com>, Ben Elliston <bje at gnu dot org>, Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf dot Wildenhues at gmx dot de>
- Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2011 20:53:23 +0000
- Subject: Re: [testsuite, build] Convert boehm-gc testsuite to DejaGnu (PR boehm-gc/11412)
- References: <ydd62u3p6m7.fsf@manam.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE> <4D24D81D.3000304@gmail.com> <Pine.LNX.4.64.1101052024370.2737@digraph.polyomino.org.uk>
On 05/01/2011 20:25, Joseph S. Myers wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Jan 2011, Dave Korn wrote:
>
>> Perhaps just build it in the makefile, as at present, and make the .la file
>> a dependency of the check target, so that it gets built before starting the
>> testrun? (Or conceivably if worried about it failing to build on some target
>
> Please no building of any files required by testsuites (other than
> site.exp) from makefiles; that breaks installed toolchain testing (where
> you should only need to create site.exp and run runtest with appropriate
> options).
Argh. But then again, boehm-gc doesn't get installed, so there is no
possibility of testing the installed one anyway. So how about saying it's ok
in those circumstances?
cheers,
DaveK