[patch/doco] test suite, build != host, version 2

[patch/doco] test suite, build != host, version 2

[Michael Chastain]

Version #2.

Testing: rebuilt gdb doco, it looked okay.

Okay to commit?

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2004-08-20  Michael Chastain  <mec.gnu@mindspring.com>

	* (Using the Testsuite): build != host is supported,
	but some test scripts do not support build != host.

Index: gdbint.texinfo
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo,v
retrieving revision 1.219
diff -c -3 -p -r1.219 gdbint.texinfo
*** gdbint.texinfo	14 Aug 2004 21:11:43 -0000	1.219
--- gdbint.texinfo	20 Aug 2004 18:24:40 -0000
*************** difficult to test, such as code that han
*** 6279,6284 ****
--- 6279,6293 ----
  in particular versions of compilers, and it's OK not to try to write
  tests for all of those.
  
+ DejaGNU supports separate build, host, and target machines.  However,
+ some @value{GDBN} test scripts do not work if the build machine and
+ the host machine are not the same.  In such an environment, these scripts
+ will give a result of ``UNRESOLVED'', like this:
+ 
+ @smallexample
+ UNRESOLVED: gdb.base/example.exp: This test script does not work on a remote host.
+ @end smallexample
+ 
  @section Testsuite Organization
  
  @cindex test suite organization

Re: [patch/doco] test suite, build != host, version 2

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 14:44:12 -0400
> From: Michael Chastain <mec.gnu@mindspring.com>
> 
> Version #2.
> 
> Testing: rebuilt gdb doco, it looked okay.
> 
> Okay to commit?

Yes, thanks.

Re: [patch/doco] test suite, build != host, version 2

[Michael Chastain]

Committed.

2004-08-20  Michael Chastain  <mec.gnu@mindspring.com>

	* (Using the Testsuite): build != host is supported,
	but some test scripts do not support build != host.