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Re: gas testsuite approch
- From: Hans-Peter Nilsson <hp at bitrange dot com>
- To: "Svein E. Seldal" <Svein dot Seldal at solidas dot com>
- Cc: binutils <binutils at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 16:35:41 -0400 (EDT)
- Subject: Re: gas testsuite approch
On Mon, 16 Sep 2002, Svein E. Seldal wrote:
> But when I look at the existing tests, some target excludes the test
> entirely, while others uses XFAIL. Take the c30 target as an example. It
> does not xfail it - it simply skips the test. Which method should I use?
Wrong choice of words on my part, but the C30 example still
fits. Skipping is better than xfail in this case: an xfail is
supposed to be a known failure and signalling a failure would be
wrong here.
brgds, H-P