Re: GCC Make Check

[Marcus Brinkmann]

On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 08:38:32AM -0700, Jeff Bailey wrote:
> Marcus,
> 
> I remember you mentioning on IRC that `make check' for gcc won't work
> on the Hurd.  Was that a stdio-related problem, or other?

If it is what I have in mind, it is a not having ulimit that works correctly
type of problem (eg test trying to allocate infinite amount of memory)
 
> Having *just* caught a MAXPATHLEN bug in gcc-3.1 (ada front end),

Eeek!

> I'd
> like to try and implement a compile farm of some sort so we can catch
> these problems in major GNU packages very soon after they're checked
> into CVS.  I just need to see if I can find another machine here (I
> think I can, or if we can solve the crashing problem,

crashing problem?  what crashing problem?  someone just needs to reboot it!
Or am I left out of some knowledge? :)

> perhaps we can
> use a machine at the FSF - I'm sure we won't have trouble getting one
> donated or assigned).
> 
> It would be nice in those cases to run `make check' as well as
> compiling.

Do you think it is worth to work on a CVS module for turtle?
BTW, Jeroen might be interested in monitoring the build logs etc.

Marcus

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