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Re: Testsuite documentation
- To: Mike Stump <mrs at windriver dot com>
- Subject: Re: Testsuite documentation
- From: Gerald Pfeifer <pfeifer at dbai dot tuwien dot ac dot at>
- Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 18:30:59 +0100 (CET)
- cc: <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
On Sun, 26 Nov 2000 (sic!), Mike Stump wrote:
>> I'd really appreciate if those of you familiar with our testsuites could
>> have a look at http://gcc.gnu.org/install/test.html and provide patches
>> or feedback (and I'll write up the documentation then).
> Well, I am the wrong person. See, I know exactly how it works, and
> how to make it sing already. The ideal person, would be someone that
> knows how to build and insall GNU software, but has never tested gcc
> before. If they can follow it and understand it...
Okay, I think we've got a volunteer. His e-mail address is
<pfeifer@dbai.tuwien.ac.at>, and he'll contact you shortly,
should he have any problems. ;-)
> I glanced at it, and what is there seems to be about right.
I believe I found a missing item: Unlike PASS, FAIL, and XFAIL, we
don't describe XPASS.
How about:
XPASS: the test unexpectedly passed
> We could make it slightly easier to use and submit results by
> including the build and submission of results into a make rule.
> We then document just the make rule.
Sounds like a good idea to me!
Gerald
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