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Re: PATCH: Skip the test if the cross binary fails to run.


Geoff Keating <geoffk@geoffk.org> writes:

> To run the test, you need hardware or simulator.  If you don't have
> hardware or simulator, the test can't be run.  If the test is not run,
> then objcopy hasn't been fully tested, and it's important to know
> that.
> 
> Why do you think that ERROR is wrong?  Doesn't it accurately describe
> what happened to this test?

This sort of case is what UNTESTED is for.  It means that a test could
not be run for some reason which does not indicate a problem in the
tool being tested.

ERROR means that something unexpected happened when trying to run the
test.

Ian


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