Romain Geissler wrote:
On Sun, 7 Aug 2016, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
Romain, you do know that we run the gcc tests in a limited chroot
environment where gdb is not available, right? Shouldn't the tests that
need gdb just be skipped?
Yes I know. Indeed if gdb is not installed yet at this stage, then the
gcc testsuite should automatically skip these tests. So I guess Ken did
not follow the LFS guidelines by the book. ;)
For me LFS was a very good inspiration, however I definitely do not
follow it "by the book". I am using it to bootstrap a GNU toolchain (so
only gcc/glibc/binutils), and in my script, I never chroot. I rely on
the system for everything else than the GNU toolchain, and my system has
gdb installed, that's why, in my case, "guality" tests are run. I have
well understood that you don't not provide support for people who don't
follow exactly the LFS guidelines, but I am not looking for support,
just trying to explain some issues I have run into myself.
We do appreciate your input. The idea of the books is to teach, but it
also provides a foundation for experimentation beyond what is in the
books. Sometimes we can help when users experiment, but the demands of
upstream changes mean that we do not have a lot of time to help when those
experiments go awry.
-- Bruce
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