From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 20413 invoked by alias); 27 Jul 2004 15:32:24 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 20403 invoked from network); 27 Jul 2004 15:32:23 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO cgf.cx) (66.30.22.40) by sourceware.org with SMTP; 27 Jul 2004 15:32:23 -0000 Received: by cgf.cx (Postfix, from userid 201) id 7DE341B57A; Tue, 27 Jul 2004 11:32:24 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 15:50:00 -0000 From: Christopher Faylor To: gdb@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: [proposal/testsuite] require build == host Message-ID: <20040727153224.GA16864@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Mail-Followup-To: gdb@sources.redhat.com References: <20040725000344.F322F4B104@berman.michael-chastain.com> <41057B87.6070005@gnu.org> <4105A74A.nailMK731NF71@mindspring.com> <4106714C.2070805@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4106714C.2070805@gnu.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-SW-Source: 2004-07/txt/msg00347.txt.bz2 On Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 11:14:20AM -0400, Andrew Cagney wrote: >>Eli, is it possible to ftp into a windows box and upload and download >>files? More important, is it possible to telnet into a windows box and >>run a command-line interpreter? > >This is how the original cygwin testing was done - at a dos prompt. Right. And the test suite shennanigans necessary to support this were truly ugly and, for some tests, only worked randomly. >>It looks like I should go with Plan B: file PR's against the test >>scripts that don't work on build != host, and eventually fix them. > >For the moment, lets stick with the status quo. Tests are required to >work host==build. Having a test work host!=build is an added bonus, >but not a requrement. We can hardly enforce host!=build when there's >no way to test it and the return on investment is marginal. FWIW, I agree. cgf