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Re: [testsuite, build] Convert boehm-gc testsuite to DejaGnu (PR boehm-gc/11412)
- From: Rainer Orth <ro at CeBiTec dot Uni-Bielefeld dot DE>
- To: Dave Korn <dave dot korn dot cygwin at gmail dot com>
- Cc: "Joseph S. Myers" <joseph at codesourcery dot com>, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, java-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, Hans Boehm <hans_boehm at hp dot com>, Paolo Bonzini <bonzini at gnu dot org>, Janis Johnson <janis dot marie dot johnson at gmail dot com>, Ben Elliston <bje at gnu dot org>, Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf dot Wildenhues at gmx dot de>
- Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 11:42:24 +0100
- Subject: Re: [testsuite, build] Convert boehm-gc testsuite to DejaGnu (PR boehm-gc/11412)
- References: <ydd62u3p6m7.fsf@manam.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE> <4D24D81D.3000304@gmail.com> <Pine.LNX.4.64.1101052024370.2737@digraph.polyomino.org.uk> <4D24DA43.3070101@gmail.com>
Dave Korn <dave.korn.cygwin@gmail.com> writes:
> On 05/01/2011 20:25, Joseph S. Myers wrote:
>> On Wed, 5 Jan 2011, Dave Korn wrote:
>>
>>> Perhaps just build it in the makefile, as at present, and make the .la file
>>> a dependency of the check target, so that it gets built before starting the
>>> testrun? (Or conceivably if worried about it failing to build on some target
>>
>> Please no building of any files required by testsuites (other than
>> site.exp) from makefiles; that breaks installed toolchain testing (where
>> you should only need to create site.exp and run runtest with appropriate
>> options).
>
> Argh. But then again, boehm-gc doesn't get installed, so there is no
> possibility of testing the installed one anyway. So how about saying it's ok
> in those circumstances?
I'm still with Joseph here: performing testsuite runs with a mixture of
DejaGnu board facilities and external stuff is hard to understand and
debug, so stay with one.
Rainer
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Rainer Orth, Center for Biotechnology, Bielefeld University