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Re: [COMMITTED PATCH] Avoid C++ tests when the C++ cannot be linked.
- From: Roland McGrath <roland at hack dot frob dot com>
- To: "Carlos O'Donell" <carlos at redhat dot com>
- Cc: "GNU C. Library" <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2015 16:37:47 -0800 (PST)
- Subject: Re: [COMMITTED PATCH] Avoid C++ tests when the C++ cannot be linked.
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> I don't like this. The semantics I would rather have are that all such
> tests fail, not fail to build, but fail. Then the results of `make check`
> represent reality with all the C++ tests failing because you don't have
> a libstdc++. This way it's clear that you haven't passed all of the testing
> for glibc.
I don't like the conflation of unbuildable with failed. What we need is
the possibility of UNSUPPORTED as an outcome for our tests. I'll send a
change in that direction.