It would also be nice to give the users/developers an hint on how to
force the use of cross-compilers in the testsuite at runtime; I've thus
applied, to the 'testsuite-work' branch, the two attached patches, the
first one of which updates `tests/README' appropriately w.r.t. cross
compiling issues, and the second one of which introduces a small
follow-up consistency change.
Regards,
Stefano
From 542a22a1b2f7b6328ce7d9e6892d85f2ae1646b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
Message-Id: <542a22a1b2f7b6328ce7d9e6892d85f2ae1646b7.1305968636.git.stefano.lattar...@gmail.com>
From: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattar...@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 May 2011 10:59:53 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] tests/README: suggest how to run tests in cross-compile mode
* tests/README (Section "User interface" subsection "Running the
tests"): Briefly explain how to override 'host_alias' at runtime
to force the use of cross-compilers by the testsuite. Give an
example.
---
ChangeLog | 8 ++++++++
tests/README | 13 +++++++++++++
2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index fd23cb9..587490a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
2011-05-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattar...@gmail.com>
+ tests/README: suggest how to run tests in cross-compile mode
+ * tests/README (Section "User interface" subsection "Running the
+ tests"): Briefly explain how to override 'host_alias' at runtime
+ to force the use of cross-compilers by the testsuite. Give an
+ example.
+
+2011-05-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattar...@gmail.com>
+
test defs: better detection of cross-compile mode
* configure.ac (AC_CANONICAL_HOST): New, probably not strictly
necessary, but useful to complements AC_CANONICAL_BUILD.
diff --git a/tests/README b/tests/README
index 29c964b..4d6bbf6 100644
--- a/tests/README
+++ b/tests/README
@@ -32,6 +32,19 @@ Running the tests
env TESTS="foo.test bar.test" make -e -k check
+ To run the tests in cross-compilation mode:
+
+ make -k check host_alias="$host_alias" (GNU make)
+ env host_alias="$host_alias" make -e -k check (non-GNU make)
+
+ Here `$host_alias' should be defined to a proper value different from
+ configure-determined `$build_alias', and should refer to a set of
+ cross-compilers you have available on your system; for example, if
+ on Linux you have a set of MinGW-targeted cross-compilers named
+ 'i586-mingw32msvc-cc', 'i586-mingw32msvc-c++', etc., you could use:
+
+ make -k check host_alias='i586-mingw32msvc'
+
Interpretation
--------------
--
1.7.2.3
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From: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattar...@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 May 2011 11:03:00 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] tests/README: small consistency improvement
* tests/README (Section "User interface" subsection "Running the
tests"): In examples, be more consistent w.r.t. the differences
between GNU and non-GNU make.
---
ChangeLog | 7 +++++++
tests/README | 11 ++++-------
2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 587490a..39a2066 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
2011-05-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattar...@gmail.com>
+ tests/README: small consistency improvement
+ * tests/README (Section "User interface" subsection "Running the
+ tests"): In examples, be more consistent w.r.t. the differences
+ between GNU and non-GNU make.
+
+2011-05-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattar...@gmail.com>
+
tests/README: suggest how to run tests in cross-compile mode
* tests/README (Section "User interface" subsection "Running the
tests"): Briefly explain how to override 'host_alias' at runtime
diff --git a/tests/README b/tests/README
index 4d6bbf6..14a128d 100644
--- a/tests/README
+++ b/tests/README
@@ -26,16 +26,13 @@ Running the tests
To run only selected tests:
- make -k check TESTS="foo.test bar.test"
-
- For non-GNU make, you might have to use this instead:
-
- env TESTS="foo.test bar.test" make -e -k check
+ make -k check TESTS="foo.test bar.test" (GNU make)
+ env TESTS="foo.test bar.test" make -e -k check (non-GNU make)
To run the tests in cross-compilation mode:
- make -k check host_alias="$host_alias" (GNU make)
- env host_alias="$host_alias" make -e -k check (non-GNU make)
+ make -k check host_alias="$host_alias" (GNU make)
+ env host_alias="$host_alias" make -e -k check (non-GNU make)
Here `$host_alias' should be defined to a proper value different from
configure-determined `$build_alias', and should refer to a set of
--
1.7.2.3
