Re: [PATCH] testsuite/boards/stabs.exp

[Doug Evans <xdje42@gmail.com>]

On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 5:20 AM, Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com> wrote:
>> Alternatively, we can referencehttps://sourceware.org/gdb/wiki/TestingGDB ,
>> passing CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET='-gstabs' to dejagnu is convenient too, so I
>> don't see the necessity to add a new board file to do that.
>
> Another idea I thought about yesterday was to write a small python
> script that takes arguments on the command line and then calls make
> the right way for us, potentially even generating board files if
> necessary. The interesting bit in the script is the ability to call
> it with --help...

One nice thing about a board file for a specific purpose is that it's a place
to document issues related to that purpose.
And even add complexities related to that purpose.

Given that -g -gstabs != -gstabs -g,
I think we want to document that.

And also given that -gstabs != -gstabs -g,
we *may* (though I don't have as strong an opinion
on this as we're trying to kill^wstab stabs :-))
want a way to run stabs both ways.
E.g., bool.exp passes one way, and fails the other.

The stabs board file could be the repository
for "all things stabs".