[RFA] Testsuite addition for x86 linux GDB and SIGALRM fix

[Stan Shebs]

Michael Elizabeth Chastain wrote:
> 
> Michael Snyder writes:
> > 2) Do the gnu coding standards apply to testsuite source files?
> > If so, "callee()" should be replaced by "callee ()".
> 
> I recall seeing somewhere that the testsuite programs should come in
> a variety of styles, because gcc and gdb should work on all legal
> programs, not just those written to the GNU coding standards.
> 
> I don't have a reference though.

I suggested this a couple years ago, probably around the time of
the Big Reformat. :-)  The theory was to not force the testsuite
to be a "monoculture" of code all in the same style, on the off
chance that maybe someday we'll catch a source listing or line
number bug that would not be noticed in GNU-formatted code.

Stan