Re: [PATCH 1/2] gdb.threads/attach-into-signal.exp: cleanup

Pedro Alves
2012-02-17T21:00:52Z

On 02/17/2012 08:24 PM, Tom Tromey wrote:
>>>>>> "Pedro" == Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> writes:
>
> Pedro> - build different executable files for the non-threaded and threaded
> Pedro> cases. This was my motivation. I wanted to test the non-threaded
> Pedro> case manually, but the threaded variant always clobbered the
> Pedro> non-threaded executable.
>
> I think this ought to be a general rule. We need exceptions to it for
> some executable-changed cases, but I think in general different tests
> should build different executables, because this makes it easier to do
> additional checking by hand.

Yeah, agreed. Perhaps we should write it down somewhere.
I guess the wiki's test cookbook could be a good place.

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Pedro Alves