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Re: Installation proposal

From: Neil Booth <neil at daikokuya dot demon dot co dot uk>
To: Laurent Guerby <guerby at acm dot org>
Cc: Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 20:19:47 +0000
Subject: Re: Installation proposal
References: <11560000.1014832588@warlock.codesourcery.com> <3C7D2D69.8000107@acm.org>

Laurent Guerby wrote:-

> Testing anything but the installed compiler is a mistake, the testsuite
> should be completely separated from the build process, and running
> the test suite should take place after the install step IMHO.

FWIW I've always appreciated being able to test the compiler without
installing it.  I don't particularly want to install every compiler I
bootstrap.

Neil.

References:
- Installation proposal
  - From: Mark Mitchell
- Re: Installation proposal
  - From: Laurent Guerby

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