Re: RFA: Testsuite patches...

[Scott Bambrough <scottb at netwinder dot org>]

> > 2000-07-26  Scott Bambrough <scottb@netwinder.org>
> >
> >         * gdb.base/environ.exp: Run tests for all targets.
> >         * gdb.base/recurse.exp: Run tests for all targets.
> >
> >         * gdb.base/sect-cmd.exp: Run tests for all targets.  Use
> >         'section .text' clause for Linux in set section command
> >         test.
> >
> >         * gdb.base/so-impl-ld.exp: Added wildcard to
> >         handle the gnu-oldld case on ARM.
> >
> >         * gdb.base/so-indr-cl.exp: Run tests for *-*-linux-gnu*.
> >         * gdb.base/watchpoint.exp (test_stepping): Clear xfail
> >         for ARM targets.
> >
> > I've had these tests in my tree for quite a while now.  Most were HP specific,
> > but I believe they are generic enough for all platforms, or
> > at least all Linux platforms.  I've tested them on Linux on ARM and x86.  I
> > suggest we add them in and deal with failures on specific targets as they
> > happen.  Comments?
> >

Fernando Nasser wrote:
> 
> Will *you* be willing to "deal" with the failures, and on a timely fashion?

I can try, but I don't see why I should have to.  They are new tests for most
targets, previously most of these tests only ran on HP machines.  I looked into
them to find out why they weren't running on my ARM Linux system.  The ones
above I feel should run on all platforms, at least all Linux platforms.  If they
fail the maintainer should look into the problem.  If something like environ.exp
fails on all embedded type platforms, I can look into restricting it to Linux
only, but I think it should run on HPUX, Solaris, DOS, Windows etc.  I don't
have access to all these platforms.

> > BTW, I had to tweak to linux-thread.c to get environ.exp to run
> 
> I belive this touches someone else's mainainership as well.

Mark Kettenis and/or Jim Blandy should probably look at it.

Scott

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