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Re: relying on testsuite results

From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>
To: Paul Pluzhnikov <ppluzhnikov at google dot com>
Cc: Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman at br dot ibm dot com>, gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 15:57:00 -0400
Subject: Re: relying on testsuite results
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On Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 12:32:51PM -0700, Paul Pluzhnikov wrote:
> > I'd love to rely on testsuite results like this, but unfortunately there
> > are too many "non-deterministic testcases" (as I call them) and they add
> > a great deal of noise.
> 
> Yes, they do.
> I think we should have a "fixit day", when everybody cleans them up.

I used to regularly do this, but it's basically impossible to keep up.
There are too many configurations and the testsuite is too
disorganized.  I encourage other folks to try though...

The non-deterministic testcases can often be throttled down to the
point where they are reasonably likely to pass.  I've fixed some of
the worst offenders.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery

References:
- Re: [2/2] Inspect extra signal information
  - From: Paul Pluzhnikov
- relying on testsuite results
  - From: Thiago Jung Bauermann
- Re: relying on testsuite results
  - From: Paul Pluzhnikov

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