Re: GNAT 3.13p build for Solaris 8_x86

["Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>]

Robert Dewar wrote in message
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>"Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com> wrote in message
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>> Recent conformity assessment (validation) test reports include a
>> sample script showing how they were run. So, all you need do is look
>> up an appropriate test report for GNAT and reproduce that. You can
>> find the test reports at www.adaic.org/compiler/acat/reports
>
>Well it's not quite so easy, in particular, running and evaluating
>the B tests and the L tests is quite complex.

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.

            Randy Brukardt