Re: Plugin tests in ld testsuite

[Stephen Casner <casner@acm.org>]

On Fri, 29 May 2020, Alan Modra wrote:
> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 08:43:31PM -0700, Stephen Casner wrote:
> > I'm trying to fix all the unexpected failures for the pdp11-aout
> > target in the gas, ld and binutils testsuites.  I fixed a bug in
> > bfd/pdp11.c that allowed "PASS: plugin claimfile lost symbol", but
> > I've been tracing the execution of the next test, "plugin claimfile
> > replace symbol", and I don't see how to fix it.  That test fails
> > because the func.o module is claimed by the plugin and yet execution
> > proceeds through loading all the symbols for that module.  The test
> > fails because the symbols is _not_ undefined.
> >
> > I am also working on implementation of a pdp11-elf32 target.  That
> > target does not use the bfd/pdp11.c code at all, yet the same test
> > fails in the same manner.
> >
> > Is there a target that passes this test so I can compare the execution
> > path?  I had hoped to use x86_64-linux-gnu but I have not succeeded in
> > building a cross for that on my MacOS system.
>
> $ grep 'PASS: plugin claimfile lost symbol' */ld/ld.log

Thanks for responding, but that's not the test I was asking about.  My
port also passes that one.  Please try:

grep 'PASS: plugin claimfile replace symbol' */ld/ld.log

Perhaps that test will also pass for your collection of test cases.
If so, then I just need to get a compiler built for one that does.

                                                        -- Steve