Question On Testsuite 12/22/07

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Question On Testsuite 12/22/07
\ Thomas Dineen (22 Dec 2007)
. \ Tim Prince (26 Dec 2007)

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1 msg	Multiple names for gcc inline assembly constrai...

Subject:	Question On Testsuite 12/22/07
Group:	Gcc-help
From:	Thomas Dineen
Date:	22 Dec 2007

Gentle People:

Snipped from the bottom of this post:
"or the test suite results are shoddy or something."

When we build gcc is it really necessary to run the test suite?
When we run the test suite are we testing for build bugs or
some type of traditional source code bugs?

Are their build bugs which are not reported as obvious errors?

Thomas Dineen

Alex Man wrote:

> Dennis,
>
> Thanks for your reply. Actually I didn't have any problem building it
> (gmaking it). I had problem when I gmake install it. I'll try your two
> suggestions and see if that helps but it's going to take another 6+
> hours before I can see any result. I'll let you know, thanks!
>
> At 02:00 PM 12/21/2007, Dennis Clarke wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm trying to install GCC 3.4.6 on my Solaris 10 machine. When I ran
> gmake
> > install, I got the following error message:
> >
>
> Two thoughts cross my mind :
>
> (1) try to restrict the language options first and see if you get a
> clean build that way.
>
> (2) install Sun Studio 12 compiler and try to build with that
>
> let me do some thinking for you .. I have built GCC on Solaris many
> times (
> on Solaris 2.5.1 upwards ) and I seem to always run into some problem
> along
> the way or the testsuite results are shoddy or something.
>
> I am sure we can muddle through it.
>
> Dennis
>
> Regards,
>
> Alex
>