Re: [DejaGnu] Testsuite classification

['Rob Savoye']

On Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 02:11:21PM +0530, GNU Team wrote:
> 
> I have a question regarding these testsuites.
> How do I categorize them ?
> i.e. after running the gcc 3.0 test suite on  gcc 2.95.3 (sh-coff-gcc)
> I got about 4500 FAILS. (I ignored the 'tool init file warning')

  If I could actually get GCC 2.95.3 or 3.0 to actually build a cross
compiler, I'd be able to check this... 

> Now, is there any document which classifies these errors ?
> ie. which tests must PASS and which may not pass ?
> Or does it mean that compiler has 4500 bugs which must be fixed ?

  All tests should pass, or be marked XFAIL. Something is majorly wrong.
Questions on the GCC testsuite should probably go to the GCC list, not
the DejaGnu one.

        - rob -