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Re: Test suite for new front end: DejaGNU or QMtest
- From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at mvista dot com>
- To: Steven Bosscher <s dot bosscher at student dot tudelft dot nl>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 21:19:16 -0400
- Subject: Re: Test suite for new front end: DejaGNU or QMtest
- References: <1025474049.733.71.camel@steven>
On Sun, Jun 30, 2002 at 11:54:08PM +0200, Steven Bosscher wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Now that G95 generates some code, we'll soon need to be able to run test
> cases. Eventually we want to integrate G95 in GCC, so I guess we should
> write test cases for the testing framework that GCC will use in the
> future.
>
> GCC uses DejaGNU now, but I read in some post that g++ will use QMtest
> in the (near?) future, and that other parts of GCC will use it, too. So
> should a new front-end test suite use DejaGNU or QMtest?
As far as I know there is no intention to replace the DejaGNU testsuite
in the short- to medium-term - only long-term if QMtest proves viable.
So for the moment I recommend continuing with DejaGNU, since that
framework exists now, and since converting over seems to be a
relatively simple process.
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Daniel Jacobowitz Carnegie Mellon University
MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer