recent dejagnu changes

[Geoff Keating]

> Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 10:16:06 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Jimmy Guo <guo@cup.hp.com>
> Cc: fnasser@cygnus.com, gdb-patches@sourceware.cygnus.com
> 
> As part of the _approval_ process, I thought your input might be
> useful, hence the invitation for it ... I test my dejagnu patches with
> the GDB test tree.  Given your firm response not to do so, I request
> that the patches be reviewed by the maintainer (and others who might wish
> to do so) ... if and when it's approved, I will commit it ... just like
> you value your time, I value mine as well!

I don't know how it works in GDB-land, but the GCC patch approval
process requires that you include in your message how it was tested.
Failure to test appropriately can cause your patch to be rejected.  In
this case, since we already know the patch had problems with the GCC
testsuite, I would immediately reject any patch that doesn't say that
it was tested with the GCC testsuite.

So you can consider your patch pre-rejected.

dejagnu is shared between GDB, GCC, and binutils, just as BFD is
shared between binutils and GDB.  For such shared code, it is
extremely impolite to make a change without testing it on all the
users.
-- 
- Geoffrey Keating <geoffk@cygnus.com>