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Re: Problems testing binutils with DejaGnu 1.6+
Hi Nick,
Thank you for your response.
Indeed, further testing using the minimal testsuite revealed this was a
DejaGnu issue, and versions 1.5.3+ are affected.
I will report the issue to DejaGnu maintainers.
Regards,
Andrey.
On 10.08.2017 16:25, Nick Clifton wrote:
> Sorry for the delay in responding to this email. I am not an expert
> on dejagnu and I was hoping that someone else would answer...
>
>>> $ make -k RUNTESTFLAGS='--all --xml' check
>>
>> This ran fine with runtest 1.5.1, but produces the following error with
>> runtest 1.6:
>
> Right - this happens for me too.
>
>> Is this a problem with binutils (Makefile.am/site.exp), or should I
>> report a bug to DejaGnu maintainers?
>
> No, I think that it is a dejagnu problem. I can reproduce the failure
> without using the binutils make system at all:
>
> $ cd <bbinutils-build-dir>/binutils
> % runtest --tool binutils --srcdir <path-to-binutils-testsuite> --all --xml
> [...]
> couldn't open "<path-to-binutils-testsuite>": illegal operation on a directory
> while executing
> "open [file join $outdir $xml_file_name] w"
>
> I think that the code to handle --xml without a filename argument is broken
> and it is picking the first pathname like argument that it finds on the command
> line. (This is just a guess).
>
> So - please do report the problem to DejaGnu.