Re: gfortran test runs

[Richard Earnshaw <rearnsha at gcc dot gnu dot org>]

On Wed, 2004-08-25 at 15:00, Andrew MacLeod wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-08-25 at 09:45, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 09:07:39AM -0400, Andrew MacLeod wrote:
> > > However, if I then cut and paste the execution line above from above
> > > and run the file by hand, it compiles and executes just great, no
> > > relocation error, no nothing.  Within the test framework, it just
> > > fails.
> > 
> > The testsuite sets various things in LD_LIBRARY_PATH.  Could one of
> > them contain an old copy of GMP, or clobber an existing LD_LIBRARY_PATH
> > pointing at GMP?
> > 
> 
> Oh, ahh.  So I see my machine does have a libgmp in /usr/lib.
> 
> grumble.
> 
> Ok, I'll reconfigure and install 4.1.3 into /usr/lib and see how that
> fares.

It really shouldn't be necessary for gcc developers to have to install
components into /usr/lib (or any other system directory) in order to be
able to develop and test the compiler.

I think the current situation is seriously broken and needs to be
addressed urgently.

R.