Re: [rfa/doco] Test Suite: build != host

[Michael Chastain <mec dot gnu at mindspring dot com>]

Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org> wrote:
> I'd just like to say... one of the few examples you had in favor of
> build != host testing was crosstool.  Whoever gave you that example was
> mistaken; crosstest.sh only supports host != target, so people are
> probably -not- testing gcc with build != host.

Rats, you are right.  Or, rather, cool!  You are right!

I got my info from:

  http://kegel.com/crosstool/current/doc/dejagnu-remote-howto.html

And somehow I got the impression that it was using --host.
Which is just plain wrong; it's all about --target_board.

> I still think this requirement is a bad idea, but it's your call.

I'm not happy either way.

I'm working towards a goal where anybody can run the doco; run the test
bed on any configuration supported in the doco; and it always works and
is useful.  Like a real computer program!

One very very hard part is figuring out how to co-operate with all
the contributors and still do wrenching infrastructure upgrades.

Michael