Re: [PATCH/RFC] Get Alpha target to GDB_MULTI_ARCH_PARTIAL

[Michael Snyder <msnyder at redhat dot com>]

Jason R Thorpe wrote:
> 
> On Sat, Apr 20, 2002 at 09:54:36AM -0700, Jason R Thorpe wrote:
> 
>  >                 === gdb Summary ===
>  >
>  > # of expected passes            6595
>  > # of unexpected failures        945
>  > # of unexpected successes       4
>  > # of expected failures          143
>  > # of unresolved testcases       118
>  > # of untested testcases         6
>  > # of unsupported tests          3
>  >
>  > I would really like to know what the test results are on Digital Unix
>  > or Linux (I can't easily install either of those on any of my Alpha
>  > systems, unfortunately).
> 
> FWIW, a very large number of my failures go away when I make sure the
> testsuite uses gcc-current rather than the 2.95.3 that's currently shipped
> with NetBSD.  (Lots of the failures are off-by-one in line numbers.)
> 
> Is there a way besides placing the location of the alternate compiler
> first in the PATH to make sure the correct compiler is chosen?

Set the environment variable CC to point to your 
desired compiler before you configure.