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Re: [PING][PATCH v9] Add pretty printers for the NPTL lock types
On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 10:48 AM, Siddhesh Poyarekar
<siddhesh@sourceware.org> wrote:
> You'll need to create a separate set of rules (and hence, variables,
> say, tests-pp) for these tests in Rules. That way you don't touch the
> existing tests framework and you also have a way to completely disable
> the rule if your checks for gdb, pexpect, etc. versions fail.
How would that solve the tests-need-hardcoded-path issue? Could you
give me more details as to exactly what changes would I have to make
in Rules?
I didn't understand the "disable the rule" part. These checks will be
made in runtime.