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[patch/doco] test suite, build != host, version 2
- From: Michael Chastain <mec dot gnu at mindspring dot com>
- To: eliz at gnu dot org
- Cc: gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 14:44:12 -0400
- Subject: [patch/doco] test suite, build != host, version 2
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
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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