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Re: [RFA/testsuite] New testcase for set/unset/show substitute-path


On Tue, Aug 08, 2006 at 04:00:45PM -0700, Joel Brobecker wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Here is a first try at implementing a testcase for the new
> substitute-path commands. I'm only testing the manipulation
> of the list of substitution rules at this point, because I still
> don't see how to implement something that would test the actual
> substitution and work in all cases. I figured this is better than
> nothing for now.

Mark's already approved this - I definitely agree that some tests are
better than no tests :-)

As for functionality testing, I would recommend doing it like this.
There's already some samples of creating files and directories during
testing (e.g. corefile.exp, commands.exp).  Use that to make two
directories.  Put a source file with different contents in each but the
same basename.  Compile and debug one of them without issuing a "dir"
command, unlike most of the existing tests, and verify that we find the
file we expect.  Then, use "info source" and look for "Compilation
directory"; and that should be all you need to use substitute-path to
point at the other directory, and verify that now list shows the second
file.

Sound reasonable?  No rush - just offering the suggestion.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery


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