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Re: ACATS & GCC testsuite
- From: Laurent Guerby <guerby at acm dot org>
- To: Richard Kenner <kenner at vlsi1 dot ultra dot nyu dot edu>
- Cc: "gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org" <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: 28 Mar 2003 13:05:10 +0100
- Subject: Re: ACATS & GCC testsuite
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- References: <10303281201.AA28538@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu>
On Fri, 2003-03-28 at 13:01, Richard Kenner wrote:
> I'm curious about the reasons of not installing if not for time/space.
>
> Because I want to keep my base compiler as one that is very stable.
> If I don't, it's possible I could lose bootstrapping ability.
Ah I see, when I build I specify the base compiler used
(currently using the RH 8 compiler for C/Ada, but
I have most ACT public and customer releases installed also),
where to build (somewhere/build-TIMESTAMP) and where to install
(somewhere/install-TIMESTAMP), I never configure to the base
compiler. I assume you target some root only location.
I've a few dozens installed compilers, any other scheme wouldn't work
at all. The scheme is quite handy to do regression search,
testing build with various base compilers or testing
the new testsuite with old builds, etc... Everything's
automated (with hook for patch) so uncaught mistakes
are unlikely.
Are other developper always configuring to root or is
Richard's practice uncommon?
--
Laurent Guerby <guerby at acm dot org>