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Re: New tests orphan2 and unknown2 fail in cris-elf
On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 01:04:26PM +0100, Hans-Peter Nilsson wrote:
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> > Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 22:00:40 -0800
> > From: "H. J. Lu" <hjl@lucon.org>
>
> > That is a real bug. It affects all ELF linkers. This regression was
> > introduced by
> > http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2005-11/msg00350.html
>
> Sure, but the test-case is new. If you need to commit a
> test-case before the bug is fixed, please xfail the test; remove
> the xfail when the bug only when the bug is fixed. This is the
> rule from GCC, and it is the most practical for all parts. I
> did the obvious change.
>
Are you telling me that the rule for GCC regressions is to xfail
the testcase? That is the news to me.
H.J.