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Re: [RFA] Don't try to run auxv tests in simulator
- From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>
- To: Fred Fish <fnf at specifix dot com>
- Cc: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 08:41:49 -0400
- Subject: Re: [RFA] Don't try to run auxv tests in simulator
- References: <200605110545.35426.fnf@specifix.com>
On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 05:45:35AM -0400, Fred Fish wrote:
> AFAIK all available simulators don't support auxv info, so trying to
> run the auxv tests will fail. They also need corefile support.
>
> I see that corefile.exp has:
>
> # are we on a target board
> if ![isnative] then {
> return
> }
>
> which may be too restrictive for auxv. So I'd propose suppressing the
> auxv tests just for simulators, for now at least.
>
> 2006-05-11 Fred Fish <fnf@specifix.com>
>
> * gdb.base/auxv.exp: Simulators don't support auxv info
> so don't run test if executing in a simulator.
Simulatorness has nothing to do with it, though. Does anyone know if
the BSDs use auxv, or is it entirely a GNU/Linux + Solaris thing?
--
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery