RFH: dejagnu and make check using remote testing host...

[Dan Kegel]

David Daney wrote:
>>>Executing on host: /newdisk/programs/mipsel-gccmaincvs/gcc/xgcc -B/newdisk/programs/mipsel-gccmaincvs/gcc/ /newdisk/programs/gccmaincvs/gcc/gcc/testsuite/gcc.c-torture/execute/20000113-1.c  -w  -O0   -lm   -o /newdisk/programs/mipsel-gccmaincvs/gcc/testsuite/20000113-1.x0    (timeout = 300)
>>>PASS: gcc.c-torture/execute/20000113-1.c compilation,  -O0 
>>>...
>>>ftp> put /newdisk/programs/mipsel-gccmaincvs/gcc/testsuite/20000113-1.x0 /tmp/20000113-1.x0.15879
>>>Download of /newdisk/programs/mipsel-gccmaincvs/gcc/testsuite/20000113-1.x0 to proton3 failed.
>>>UNRESOLVED: gcc.c-torture/execute/20000113-1.c execution,  -O0 
>>
>>
>>Which version of expect are you using?  The stock one
>>has a bug which causes occasional spurious failures,
>>described in http://gcc.gnu.org/PR12096
>>(I haven't seen the one you're seeing, but then, I've never
>>  used FTP as a transport when using dejagnu).
> 
> 
> I upgraded to the latest TCL, expect and dejagnu and still had the problems.

Last I checked, that wasn't quite enough.
You may also need to apply the patch described in
http://gcc.gnu.org/PR12096
As I said earlier, a copy of the patch is in
http://kegel.com/crosstool/current/patches/expect-5.39/pr12096.patch
The errors this fixes are minor, but enough to prevent a clean
test run.

>>Also, you might consider using rsh as the transport; see
> 
> 
> I think the ftp transport is screwed up.  I switched to rcp with this
> board file:
> 
> -------------8<---------------------
> load_base_board_description "unix";
> 
> # The generic type of board.
> set board_info($board,generic_name) "unix"
> 
> # The name used to connect to this machine.
> set board_info($board,hostname) "proton3"
> 
> set board_info($board,ftp_directory) "/tmp"
> 
> set prefix_dir "/tmp"
> --------------8<--------------------
> 
> Kind of a mixture of what I got from Andrew Haley and your site.
> 
> 
> and it is magically working again.  The ftp method used to work for me,
> but something changed somewhere.....
> 
> 
> Thanks for your help,

You're welcome.  Glad the rsh/rcp transport is working for you!
- Dan

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