This is the mail archive of the
libc-alpha@sourceware.org
mailing list for the glibc project.
Re: [2.20] [2/6] Generate .test-result files for tests with special rules
- From: "Joseph S. Myers" <joseph at codesourcery dot com>
- To: Brooks Moses <bmoses at google dot com>
- Cc: <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 23:09:04 +0000
- Subject: Re: [2.20] [2/6] Generate .test-result files for tests with special rules
- Authentication-results: sourceware.org; auth=none
- References: <Pine dot LNX dot 4 dot 64 dot 1401100208000 dot 9412 at digraph dot polyomino dot org dot uk> <Pine dot LNX dot 4 dot 64 dot 1401100211060 dot 9412 at digraph dot polyomino dot org dot uk> <52F953A1 dot 1050306 at google dot com> <Pine dot LNX dot 4 dot 64 dot 1402122246480 dot 12558 at digraph dot polyomino dot org dot uk>
On Wed, 12 Feb 2014, Joseph S. Myers wrote:
> Suppose we make all tests use <something>.out. Then for most purposes we
> don't actually need the tests-special makefile variable at all; the tests
> could just go in the tests variable, and the makefile rules for the
Actually, ignore this question - the tests variable also triggers building
a test executable. So tests can go there if the build is as usual but the
rules for running the test are special, but not when the test doesn't have
a .c file and executable as usual.
--
Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com