Re: [proposal/testsuite] require build == host

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

ac> What do the dejagnu maintainers have to say about the feature?

I haven't asked, but it's a supported feature of dejagnu and I'm
willing to accept that they will keep on supporting it.

Dan Kegel is at least one user of dejagnu who uses build != host
with gcc.  He wrote a whole section in his cross-gcc faq about it.
People are testing gcc with dejagnu using build != host,
so it would be good if gdb testing worked in the same environment.

ac> As for a system that would/should use this - djgpp.

You got me there.  It's been a while since I used windows,
but I suspect that windows has telnet/ftp servers.

Eli, is it possible to ftp into a windows box and upload and
download files?  More important, is it possible to telnet into
a windows box and run a command-line interpreter?

It looks like I should go with Plan B: file PR's against the
test scripts that don't work on build != host, and eventually
fix them.

Michael C