From: Christopher Faylor <me@cgf.cx>
To: gdb@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: [proposal/testsuite] require build == host
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 15:50:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040727153224.GA16864@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4106714C.2070805@gnu.org>
On Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 11:14:20AM -0400, Andrew Cagney wrote:
>>Eli, is it possible to ftp into a windows box and upload and download
>>files? More important, is it possible to telnet into a windows box and
>>run a command-line interpreter?
>
>This is how the original cygwin testing was done - at a dos prompt.
Right. And the test suite shennanigans necessary to support this were
truly ugly and, for some tests, only worked randomly.
>>It looks like I should go with Plan B: file PR's against the test
>>scripts that don't work on build != host, and eventually fix them.
>
>For the moment, lets stick with the status quo. Tests are required to
>work host==build. Having a test work host!=build is an added bonus,
>but not a requrement. We can hardly enforce host!=build when there's
>no way to test it and the return on investment is marginal.
FWIW, I agree.
cgf
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-07-27 15:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-07-25 1:18 Michael Chastain
2004-07-25 1:52 ` Felix Lee
2004-07-25 2:43 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
[not found] ` <drow@false.org>
2004-07-25 22:36 ` Felix Lee
2004-07-26 18:07 ` Michael Chastain
2004-07-27 4:41 ` Felix Lee
2004-07-25 7:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-07-27 0:45 ` Andrew Cagney
2004-07-27 2:31 ` Michael Chastain
2004-07-27 4:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-07-27 15:32 ` Andrew Cagney
2004-07-27 15:50 ` Christopher Faylor [this message]
2004-07-27 21:17 ` Michael Chastain
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