From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 12827 invoked by alias); 10 Jan 2011 10:42:34 -0000 Received: (qmail 12814 invoked by uid 22791); 10 Jan 2011 10:42:34 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from snape.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE (HELO smtp-relay.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE) (129.70.160.84) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:42:29 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE [127.0.0.1]) by smtp-relay.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CE1546E; Mon, 10 Jan 2011 11:42:27 +0100 (CET) Received: from smtp-relay.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (malfoy.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id AhJhmOvFwq-h; Mon, 10 Jan 2011 11:42:26 +0100 (CET) Received: from manam.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE (manam.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE [129.70.161.120]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp-relay.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0518E46C; Mon, 10 Jan 2011 11:42:26 +0100 (CET) Received: (from ro@localhost) by manam.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4/Submit) id p0AAgOqQ020930; Mon, 10 Jan 2011 11:42:24 +0100 (MET) From: Rainer Orth To: Dave Korn Cc: "Joseph S. Myers" , gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org, java-patches@gcc.gnu.org, Hans Boehm , Paolo Bonzini , Janis Johnson , Ben Elliston , Ralf Wildenhues Subject: Re: [testsuite, build] Convert boehm-gc testsuite to DejaGnu (PR boehm-gc/11412) References: <4D24D81D.3000304@gmail.com> <4D24DA43.3070101@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:50:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <4D24DA43.3070101@gmail.com> (Dave Korn's message of "Wed, 05 Jan 2011 20:53:23 +0000") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (usg-unix-v) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gcc-patches-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-patches-owner@gcc.gnu.org X-SW-Source: 2011-01/txt/msg00527.txt.bz2 Dave Korn writes: > On 05/01/2011 20:25, Joseph S. Myers wrote: >> On Wed, 5 Jan 2011, Dave Korn wrote: >> >>> Perhaps just build it in the makefile, as at present, and make the .la file >>> a dependency of the check target, so that it gets built before starting the >>> testrun? (Or conceivably if worried about it failing to build on some target >> >> Please no building of any files required by testsuites (other than >> site.exp) from makefiles; that breaks installed toolchain testing (where >> you should only need to create site.exp and run runtest with appropriate >> options). > > Argh. But then again, boehm-gc doesn't get installed, so there is no > possibility of testing the installed one anyway. So how about saying it's ok > in those circumstances? I'm still with Joseph here: performing testsuite runs with a mixture of DejaGnu board facilities and external stuff is hard to understand and debug, so stay with one. Rainer -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rainer Orth, Center for Biotechnology, Bielefeld University