Re: [RFC/commmit] [testsuite/Ada] stop using project files when building test programs

[Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>]

On 12/22/2015 03:33 PM, Joel Brobecker wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Below is a fairly straightforward change, except maybe for the use
> of try / finally, which requires TCL version 8.6, released Dec 2012.
> I think it's a reasonable requirement; any objection?

I'm still on F20, and that shipped with 8.5 too.  I'll have to upgrade
eventually, so this may the trigger.

Note that requiring newer expect/tcl may mean that fewer people will do
the occasional gcc compile farm testing on some older hosts.  From a quick
look at some machines there, I see:

 gcc20 (debian wheezy)'s expect links with 8.5.
 gcc111 (AIX 7.1)'s expect links with 8.4.
 gcc110 (F18 POWER7/ppc64)'s expect links with 8.5.

How hard would it be to avoid try/finally?  Wouldn't you just have to
use catch instead?

Are there other nice 8.6 features that it'd be really nice to
make use of too?

Thanks,
Pedro Alves