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Re: QMTest and the G++ testsuite
- From: Hans-Peter Nilsson <hp at bitrange dot com>
- To: Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>
- Cc: Jason Merrill <jason at redhat dot com>, "gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org" <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 21:51:16 -0400 (EDT)
- Subject: Re: QMTest and the G++ testsuite
On Mon, 20 May 2002, Mark Mitchell wrote:
> --On Monday, May 20, 2002 03:57:57 PM +0100 Jason Merrill
> <jason@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> > My main concern is support for cross testing; there's a lot of code in the
> > DejaGNU suite for dealing with different build/host/target combinations.
>
> Thanks for responding!
>
> OK; let's explore this issue further.
>
> At present, you can specify an "interpreter" which is supposed to have
> the property that:
>
> interpreter program arg1 arg2 ...
>
> does whatever:
>
> program arg1 arg2
>
> would do if run natively. Are there problems with that interface?
Minor point: It would help if there's a provision for slightly
more complex interpreter arrangements, at least "interpreter
program arg1 arg2" could be "interpreter iarg1 iarg2 ... program
arg1 arg2". Maybe it's already there?
Is there a document somewhere that describes the preference for
Python? It's a new tool dependency, so the question arises "why
didn't Perl or Tcl suffice" (Perl being depended on for updating
manuals IIRC). No need to answer here; I'm sure there's a
thought or two written down to appease peasants like me. :-)
brgds, H-P