On Mon, 21 Aug 2017 20:13:30 +0100 Ken Moffat <[email protected]> wrote:
> > My log suggests that the ld tests are run from various > ld-descriptivename.exp files, but in the circumstances that is moot. > > I just checked my -rc2 log to check my memory, and discovered that > one of the gold tests failed, that got lost in the volume of output. > I've a feeling that is not new. > > But like you, the individual flags mean not-a-lot to me (I recognize > cmov, it's what was the difference between i686 and the earlier i589 > - although some CPUs from, I think, VIA lacked it, and I recognize a > few others. I'm not particularly aware of the Core2 Duo (I couldn't > justify the cost when they were current), but perhaps it is old > enough to use slow memory. OK, I finally got back to the same point and ran the binutils tests again. This time no errors except the expected one for gold (debug-messg.sh). So it was just a one-off timing problem, nothing serious. Sorry to take up so much of your time. -- H Russman -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
