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Re: [PATCH] make check vs --without-zlib
On Mon, 26 Nov 2012, Roland McGrath wrote:
> + AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS([site-zlib.exp], [
> +echo "proc is_zlib_supported {} { return $bu_zlib_int }" > site-zlib.exp
Generating special site.exp contents like this is bad for installed
testing as it needs to replicate anything a particular tool's testsuite
wants in site.exp; the more special things are used by particular
testsuites, the more there is for installed testing to replicate.
Something that actually tests by running a binutils binary whether it has
zlib support or not would seem better. (For example, --help or --version
output could include a line indicating whether zlib support is present.)
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Joseph S. Myers
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