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Re: New ELF linker code added to GNU binutils


On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 12:31:28AM +0000, Joseph S. Myers wrote:
> Yes, arbitrary testsuites can be wrapped so they use DejaGnu support for 
> running programs on hosts and targets, and the output postprocessed into 
> DejaGnu format.  But every testsuite being randomly and arbitrarily 
> different from every other is a pain to deal with, which is why I prefer 
> testsuites to use the same standard infrastructure as each other; and in 
> practical terms DejaGnu is that standard infrastructure for toolchain 
> testing, even if QMTest (or your-preferred-test-harness-here) is in some 
> ways more theoretically elegant.

For my two cents I'd be happy for Ian to stubbornly resist DejaGNU, 
someone else to add QMTest tests, and someone to take the excuse to
improve its board support :-)

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery


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