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Re: [PATCH] Do not run timezone tests in parallel.
- From: Joseph Myers <joseph at codesourcery dot com>
- To: Stefan Liebler <stli at linux dot vnet dot ibm dot com>
- Cc: <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2015 20:59:10 +0000
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] Do not run timezone tests in parallel.
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On Thu, 17 Apr 2014, Stefan Liebler wrote:
> On 04/16/2014 05:28 PM, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> > That has nothing to do with parallel execution, but only with the fact
> > that the pattern rule creates two targets with a single command, but it
> > is unspecified which target triggers it. There are no races involved.
> >
> > Andreas.
> >
>
> Yes you are right.
> The rule creates two targets, should it create also two test-result files? The
> attached patch generates the second test-result file as a copy of the
> generated one.
> Thus the testsuite can rely on the existence of the test-result files
> regardless of which target has triggered the rule.
>
> Is this the right way?
> What is your idea?
>
> Bye
>
> ---
> 2014-04-17 Stefan Liebler <stli@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>
> * timezone/Makefile (%/UTC %/Universal):
> Generate test-result files for UTC and Universal.
This patch <https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2014-04/msg00359.html> is
OK, please commit.
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Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com