Re: WARNING: Couldn't find the global config file.

[Jacob Bachmeyer]

Rob Savoye wrote:
> On 12/3/20 10:05 PM, Jacob Bachmeyer wrote:
>
>   
> > My guess is that this was somehow related to the testing labs at Cygnus
> > long ago, but I will consider this change for 1.7 and will probably do
> > it if I do not find a reason to keep the warning.
> >     
>
>   Yep. In the beginning, there were tons of problems with people setting
> up a cross-testing system. The global config file contains the host
> information of the remote system, and how to access it. People kept
> wondering why testing wasn't working, hence the warning to create the
> file. I have a global config file of course, so never see this warning. :-)

It seems that the global init file ($libdir/site.exp by default) mostly 
obsoletes this use for reading $DEJAGNU, although both will continue to 
be supported for obvious reasons.

Is the global config file also expected to select remote testing or 
could the warning be replaced with an error when a remote target is 
specified but not defined when we are about to start running tests?  In 
the latter case, we could include a hint in the error message to remind 
the user to check if a global config file should be used and/or to check 
the site configuration files.

This also suggests that DejaGnu should start tracking which 
configuration and init files have been loaded, or at least ensure that 
verbose messages are produced for every file loaded.


-- Jacob