From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,1d0e6fa19045a321 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-17 10:06:28 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!news-feed.riddles.org.uk!fr.clara.net!heighliner.fr.clara.net!grolier!club-internet!not-for-mail From: Laurent Guerby Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: GNAT 3.13p build for Solaris 8_x86 Date: 17 Jul 2001 19:01:45 +0200 Organization: Club-Internet (France) Message-ID: <86ofqjbibq.fsf@acm.org> References: <5ee5b646.0107111915.222cebe2@posting.google.com> <5ee5b646.0107121644.eb04f71@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: nas22-236.vlt.club-internet.fr X-Trace: front7m.grolier.fr 995389009 18251 195.36.172.236 (17 Jul 2001 16:56:49 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: 17 Jul 2001 16:56:49 GMT X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.5 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:10075 Date: 2001-07-17T16:56:49+00:00 List-Id: "Randy Brukardt" 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