RFA: valgrind and the test suite, take 2
Eli Zaretskii
eliz@gnu.org
Fri Feb 19 18:42:00 GMT 2010
> From: Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
> Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:23:52 -0700
>
> +@item @code{VALGRIND}
> +
> +It is useful to occasionally run @value{GDBN} under @code{valgrind},
> +to find bugs that do not always result in an immediate failure. This
> +can be accomplished by setting @code{VALGRIND}. The contents of this
> +will be appended to the internal @code{valgrind} command line that the
> +test suite computes. @code{VALGRIND} can be empty.
This does not explain what could be the value of VALGRIND. I needed
to read it several times before I realized that it should be a string
specifying various options and switches to the `valgrind' command. So
how about this alternative wording:
It is occasionally useful to run the @value{GDBN} test suite under
@command{valgrind}, to find bugs that do not always result in an
immediate failure of one of the tests. This can be accomplished by
setting @code{VALGRIND}. The value should be a string specifying
non-default command-line arguments and options to be passed to
@code{valgrind}; it will be appended to the internal @code{valgrind}
command line that the test suite computes. An empty string causes
the tests to be run under @command{valgrind} without modifying its
command line.
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