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[Bug bootstrap/38792] RFE - Need Makefile to build using different strategy for "coverage" vs. "profiling"
- From: "rob1weld at aol dot com" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- To: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: 11 Jan 2009 04:43:13 -0000
- Subject: [Bug bootstrap/38792] RFE - Need Makefile to build using different strategy for "coverage" vs. "profiling"
- References: <bug-38792-13830@http.gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/>
- Reply-to: gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org
------- Comment #2 from rob1weld at aol dot com 2009-01-11 04:43 -------
(In reply to comment #1)
> Coverage means -fprofile-arcs only while profiling means
> -fprofile-generate/-fprofile-use. Coverage is only useful when you are looking
> into GCC's sources to see what code is being used and how much.
> Coverage is not useful for the normal user of GCC, only developers of GCC.
That is what I am going to use it for.
I intend to build the Toolchain to keep stats of it's coverage and
then run "make -i check" to ensure that the Testsuite is fully
exercising _all_ of the Toolchain on this Platform.
Rob
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rob1weld at aol dot com changed:
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Status|RESOLVED |UNCONFIRMED
Resolution|INVALID |
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=38792