From: Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>
To: Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com>
Cc: GNU C Library <libc-alpha@sourceware.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] extras: New test/build infrastructure
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2016 19:26:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <e4676a08-db8d-a93c-ca64-b59ea2641769@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1611251820270.12591@digraph.polyomino.org.uk>
On 11/25/2016 07:24 PM, Joseph Myers wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Nov 2016, Florian Weimer wrote:
>
>>> I think there would be clear advantages to setting things up so that all
>>> existing tests can use the new code with no changes at all. That is, make
>>> test-skeleton.c look more or less like your extras/test-skeleton.c, with
>>> additional code to handle any missing pieces (e.g.
>>
>> Can you clarify what the goal is? If the
>>
>> #include "../test-skeleton.c"
>>
>> is at the end, it shall be possible to replace it with
>>
>> #include <extras/test-skeleton.c>
>>
>> ? Or do you want me to replace test-skeleton.c with a version which already
>> includes <extras/test-skeleton.c>? (All names subject to revision.)
>
> I would like test-skeleton.c to either include extras/test-skeleton.c, or
> have essentially its contents in your patch, so that existing tests don't
> need changing at all to use the new facilities. (This implies making your
> intrastructure support all the facilities test-skeleton.c does.) This
> should work regardless of where in the test sources test-skeleton.c is
> included.
>
> (If there are a few tests for which full compatibility is hard, the patch
> might fix those at the same time as making the changes to test-skeleton.c.
> But unchanged tests should use the new facilities and the number of tests
> that need changing to make that so should be as few as possible.)
Okay, what you suggest is reasonable. I'll prepare a patch along these
lines.
I'll also change the subdirectory name to “support”, as Zack suggested.
Thanks,
Florian
prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-11-25 19:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-11-25 15:59 Florian Weimer
2016-11-25 16:14 ` Zack Weinberg
2016-11-25 17:11 ` Andreas Schwab
2016-11-25 17:46 ` Florian Weimer
2016-11-25 17:45 ` Florian Weimer
2016-11-25 18:44 ` Zack Weinberg
2016-11-25 18:49 ` Florian Weimer
2016-11-25 16:16 ` Florian Weimer
2016-11-25 17:29 ` Joseph Myers
2016-11-25 17:48 ` Florian Weimer
2016-11-25 18:24 ` Joseph Myers
2016-11-25 19:26 ` Florian Weimer [this message]
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