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Re: Results of a multi-build (not good)
- From: Richard Earnshaw <rearnsha at arm dot com>
- To: Andrew Cagney <ac131313 at cygnus dot com>
- Cc: Richard dot Earnshaw at arm dot com, gdb at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 17:44:44 +0000
- Subject: Re: Results of a multi-build (not good)
- Organization: ARM Ltd.
- Reply-to: Richard dot Earnshaw at arm dot com
> > I've been asked if I could release the multi-build script. It's attached
> > below.
> >
> > Note that it only builds the debuggers, it doesn't run any tests on them.
> > To do that I would need to build and install about 36 sets of complete
> > tool chains, which I just don't have space for. Further, most of them
> > wouldn't be much use without either a simulator or a real piece of
> > hardware to test them on.
> >
> > You will need to tweak the variables at the top of the script to your
> > local configuration.
>
>
> Nice. Having a script to run is going to be easier than pointing at
> that awk.
>
> One tweak is to try starting each GDB after it is built - this catches
> many multi-arch problems. Having the script restartable (and leave
> around broken builds) can also be useful.
These are all useful possibilities. Unfortunately, I don't have enough
disk quota to leave that many builds lying around. So I have to clean up
after each one.
Anyway, you're free to do with the script whatever you want (within the
constraints of the GPL :-)
R.