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Re: binutils test result mysteries

On Sun, 2 Dec 2012, Dennis Clarke wrote:

> >  No, tests must not FAIL when an external optional component is 
> > missing 
> 
> Well, I must say that static link tests won't get very far without a static C lib 
> somewhere. No way around that really. 

 You can build a static lib out of assembly sources with the use of `as' 
and `ar' only, both of which come from binutils, if you need one for some 
tests.  In fact I reckon we already have several tests that do that, just 
not the ones you've seen fail on your system.

 And as I say, if any tests depend on libc.a, that is not a part of 
binutils, then they must get the UNSUPPORTED rather than the FAIL score if 
the library is missing.

  Maciej
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