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Re: PROPOSAL: Policy for obsoleting targets
Zack Weinberg wrote:
One class of objections to the original proposal centers around its
being difficult or impossible to run the test suite against some
otherwise supported targets. This is a serious problem in its own
right. It can be partially addressed through documentation, and it
sounds like people are making plans to improve the documentation. I
know a fair bit about building cross-toolchains, and will gladly lend
a hand there.
I'm interested in helping, too. I have already helped out a bit
on dejagnu documentation. Still haven't managed to run a remote
test using it, though.
It's interesting that expect is a stumbling block for the djgpp port.
Perhaps a batch mode version of the framework could be put together
that did all the compiles in one pass, and all the runs in a second
pass, controlled by a script rather than by expect.
The farther away we can get from dejagnu the better, IMHO.
It's extremely difficult to understand and use in a remote environment.
- Dan
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