On 15 Feb 2022 00:02, Hans-Peter Nilsson via Gdb-patches wrote:
> Neither the commit introducing progos, nor the top comment
> in run_sim_test, mentions progos as intended only for C
> tests, or that its use must be gated on $global_cc_works !=
> 0, so (not) setting it in the no-working-compiler path seems
> just overlooked.

you're correct, thanks -- it is not meant to be language agnostic.  just
pratically speaking, C tests tend to be the only ones that can target a
different OS.
-mike