Re: Disable R_X86_64_PLT32 generation as branch marker on Solaris/x86

["H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>]

On Wed, Apr 3, 2019 at 7:50 AM Rainer Orth <ro@cebitec.uni-bielefeld.de> wrote:
>
> Hi H.J.,
>
> >> > Please create a subdirectory, solaris, with copies of those tests and
> >> > skip original tests for Solaris targets so that the original tests can be
> >> > updated without affecting Solaris targets.
> >>
> >> How would this help?  Do you want me to create copies of the affected .s
> >> files and move the *-solaris.d files both to that solaris subdirectory?
> >
> > Yes.
> >
> >> If gas produces different output for identical input, the solaris .d
> >> files have to be changed anyway, irrespective of their location.
> >
> > Not necessarily.  Initially both inputs are the same.  But it may
> > change over time.
>
> True, but in the overwhelming majority of cases, gas will produce the
> same output on both Linux and Solaris.  When we stay with only one set
> of .s files, one immediately notices the need to adapt the Solaris .d
> files the next time make check is run, without any impact on other
> targets.  We can still fork the inputs should it really becomes
> necessary at some point.

You can initially use "#source:" in solaris directory and make a
copy later when needed.  I want the original tests not tied to Solaris.

-- 
H.J.