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Re: [testsuite, build] Convert boehm-gc testsuite to DejaGnu (PR boehm-gc/11412)
- From: Mike Stump <mikestump at comcast dot net>
- To: Rainer Orth <ro at CeBiTec dot Uni-Bielefeld dot DE>
- Cc: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf dot Wildenhues at gmx 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>
- Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:02:10 -0800
- Subject: Re: [testsuite, build] Convert boehm-gc testsuite to DejaGnu (PR boehm-gc/11412)
- References: <ydd62u3p6m7.fsf@manam.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE> <20110106211734.GG17791@gmx.de> <yddzkr99h3r.fsf@CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE>
On Jan 10, 2011, at 2:40 AM, Rainer Orth wrote:
> This may be just me not fully understanding the possible scenarios here:
> while a basic cross should work, what about a canadian cross (build !=
> host != target)? The rm would have to be run on the host, but with
> libtool would run on the build machine. I have no idea if boehm-gc (or
> any other of the libtool libraries in GCC) work properly in such cases,
Yes, historically they do. It is actually a nice feature of gcc. At times people blow things, but generally they are easy to fix, once you're in that environment and mindset.