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: 2001-07-13 10:24:51 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!212.43.194.69!fr.clara.net!heighliner.fr.clara.net!unlisys!news.snafu.de!peerfeed.news.psi.net!filter.news.psi.net!reader.dist.news.psi.net!client!not-for-mail From: "Randy Brukardt" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <5ee5b646.0107111915.222cebe2@posting.google.com> <5ee5b646.0107121644.eb04f71@posting.google.com> Subject: Re: GNAT 3.13p build for Solaris 8_x86 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3612.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3719.2500 Message-ID: Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 12:24:22 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 156.46.62.124 X-Trace: client 995045089 156.46.62.124 (Fri, 13 Jul 2001 13:24:49 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 13:24:49 EDT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:9916 Date: 2001-07-13T12:24:22-05:00 List-Id: Robert Dewar wrote in message <5ee5b646.0107121644.eb04f71@posting.google.com>... >"Randy Brukardt" wrote in message news:... >> 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