is_elf_format usage in ld testsuite?
Hans-Peter Nilsson
hp@bitrange.com
Fri Nov 4 02:20:00 GMT 2011
On Thu, 3 Nov 2011, Andreas Tobler wrote:
> ld-elf/binutils.exp:
> ---
> # Make sure that binutils can correctly handle ld output in ELF.
>
> if { ![istarget *-*-linux*]
> && ![istarget *-*-gnu*]} {
> return
> }
> ---
>
> These tests run fine under FreeBSD for example. But these targets are not on
> the test above.
> Is there a special reason why we do not check with the is_elf_format proc
> instead?
Some of those tests require the target to support shared
libraries, which is not true for all binutils ELF targets.
brgds, H-P
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