Re: c++/1752 libiberty/demangle testsuite failures on i686-pc-cygwin

["Tim Prince" <tprince at computer dot org>]

The following reply was made to PR c++/1752; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Tim Prince" <tprince@computer.org>
To: "Billinghurst, David \(CRTS\)" <David.Billinghurst@riotinto.com>,
        <gcc-gnats@gcc.gnu.org>, <gcc-prs@gcc.gnu.org>, <rodrigc@gcc.gnu.org>,
        <gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org>, <nobody@gcc.gnu.org>
Cc: <christian.jonsson@foi.se>
Subject: Re: c++/1752 libiberty/demangle testsuite failures on i686-pc-cygwin 
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 19:37:10 -0700

 ----- Original Message -----
 From: "Billinghurst, David (CRTS)"
 <David.Billinghurst@riotinto.com>
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 "Billinghurst, David (CRTS)"
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 Cc: <christian.jonsson@foi.se>
 Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 6:37 PM
 Subject: re: c++/1752 libiberty/demangle testsuite failures on
 i686-pc-cygwin
 
 
 > This is still a problem.  I now believe the problem is a
 cygwin shell issue.
 > The tests that fail are exactly those that have a $ in the
 name.
 >
 > The test (from the Makefile) is
 >
 > # Run some tests of the demangler.
 > check-cplus-dem: test-filter $(srcdir)/demangle-expected
 >         $(SHELL) $(srcdir)/regress-demangle
 $(srcdir)/demangle-expected
 >
 > Run by hand
 >
 > $ /bin/sh
 /usr/local/src/gcc-3.0/libiberty/testsuite/regress-demangle
 > /usr/local/src/gcc-3.0/libiberty/testsuite/demangle-expected
 >
 > I get the results previosuly reported.
 >
 > Using bash all the test pass
 >
 > $ /bin/bash
 /usr/local/src/gcc-3.0/libiberty/testsuite/regress-demangle
 > /usr/local/src/gcc-3.0/libiberty/testsuite/demangle-expected
 > All 645 tests passed
 >
 OK, we could replace /bin/sh by a copy of bash (temporarily) ,
 if we don't mind the extra time required to run the entire
 test suite.