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From: Laurent Guerby <guerby@acm.org>
Subject: Re: GNAT 3.13p build for Solaris 8_x86
Date: 17 Jul 2001 19:01:45 +0200
Date: 2001-07-17T16:56:49+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <86ofqjbibq.fsf@acm.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: B9G37.15$0B1.873@client

"Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com> writes:
> True enough. Running isn't usually a problem, but figuring out whether
> they pass or not is extremely time-consuming (even for compiler
> vendors). But most of the value of the ACATS is in the C-Tests,
> especially when you're starting with a compiler for which it is known
> that for some version the B-Tests pass. I can see end-users usefully
> running C-Tests, and that is what I'm trying to encourage. In the case
> in question, insuring that all of the C-Tests pass would go a long way
> toward verifying his build is correct.

When GNAT gets commited into the GCC CVS repository, the ACATS C tests
will be put in too (I haven't got the FSF lawyer response on the
license yet) and the regular GCC "make check" will run them. I hope
this will help people porting GNAT to check their work.

-- 
Laurent Guerby <guerby@acm.org>



  reply	other threads:[~2001-07-17 17:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-07-11 15:22 GNAT 3.13p build for Solaris 8_x86 Andreas Almroth
2001-07-12  3:15 ` Robert Dewar
2001-07-12 10:38   ` Andreas Almroth
2001-07-12 11:49   ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-07-12 13:08     ` Andreas Almroth
2001-07-12 21:47       ` Randy Brukardt
2001-07-13  0:44         ` Robert Dewar
2001-07-13 17:24           ` Randy Brukardt
2001-07-17 17:01             ` Laurent Guerby [this message]
2001-07-13  0:35       ` tmoran
2001-07-12 14:33     ` Robert Dewar
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