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Re: 1 GCC regressions, 1 new, with your patch on 2001-07-21T09:30:01Z.
- To: Geoff Keating <geoffk at redhat dot com>
- Subject: Re: 1 GCC regressions, 1 new, with your patch on 2001-07-21T09:30:01Z.
- From: Andrew Cagney <ac131313 at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 17:49:36 -0400
- Cc: gcc-regression at gcc dot gnu dot org, gdb at sources dot redhat dot com,nathan at codesourcery dot com
- References: <200107211225.f6LCPA730345@maat.cygnus.com> <200107211624.JAA01319@geoffk.org>
>> The new failures are:
>> native gdb.sum gdb.base/selftest.exp:
>
>
> This was interesting. After two months, the GCC tree has finally been
> stable for long enough for the tester to try to update its binutils
> tree. Unfortunately, this means it updates its _sources_, and it
> turns out that selftest.exp requires you keep around the old gdb
> sources so it can debug itself.
>
> Since selftest.exp doesn't really test the compiler at all, I have
> disabled it.
I'm not sure what you mean,
As far as I know, selftest uses the just built native GDB to test the
just built native GDB. The test being skipped when the just built GDB
isn't native (it doesn't make sense). I think GCC should retain the
test since it is testing GDB against a very large program.
Andrew