Re: regression analysis: gdb.sum postprocessing script

[jtc at redback dot com (J.T. Conklin)]

>>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew Cagney <ac131313@cygnus.com> writes:
Jimmy> Here is a Perl script I wrote to postprocess one or more
Jimmy> gdb.sum files and provide a complete dejagnu test outcome
Jimmy> summary (or diff if more than one gdb.sum files are given).
Jimmy> It's most useful if you want to have a complete view of
Jimmy> regression status between two source trees and/or if you set up
Jimmy> your testing to run multiple passes (to see how a test point
Jimmy> behaves in different passes), however you can use it just on
Jimmy> one test run's gdb.sum file and play around with the options to
Jimmy> get test outcome presented in a much organized and useful way
Jimmy> than going through the flat gdb.sum file.

Andrew> I have a personal preference for keeping perl scripts out of
Andrew> the main GDB sources :-( Now if someone rewrote it to use
Andrew> either TCL, DEJAGNU or SH then I'd have to think about it
Andrew> again - they are required to run the testsuite.

Jimmy,

Is your script specific to the GDB testsuite or would it work with any
dejagnu suite?  I skimmed through the sources, and didn't see anything
which obviously ties it to the GDB suite.  

If the script is generic, one could argue that it belongs in the deja-
gnu distribution itself.  

        --jtc

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