Subject: Re: [gcc] FYI, libffi FAILs with cygwin snapshot 20100205, 20100207 & 20100210...
From: Christian Joensson <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Cc: Dave Korn <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 15:30:53 +0100
List-Id: <cygwin.cygwin.com>

2010/2/11 Christian Joensson:

>>> Just FYI... the latest posted test results, at
>>> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-testresults/2010-02/msg00907.html, shows a
>>> substatntial amount of FAILs for libffi, this is with cygwin1.dll
>>> snapshot 20100207 (I also checked briefly using 20100210, also gives a
>>> lot of FAILs in libffi), rolling back to cygwin1.dll of 1.7.1-1, the
>>> results are back to normal.. Something crept up between 1.7.1-1 and
>>> 20100207 snapshot that simply makes a mess with libffi test results.
>>> That's the FYI...
>>>
>>
>> A "diff ../../../objdir-156618/libffi.log testsuite/libffi.log" (where
>> the first file is the log file when using the cygwin1.dll snapshot
>> 20100207 and the second file is using the 1.7.1-1 one) gives me this
>> (as an example):
>>
>> 1c1
>> < Test Run By chj on Tue Feb  9 13:17:04 2010
>> ---
>>> Test Run By chj on Wed Feb 10 11:39:41 2010
>> 115,118c115,118
>> < 7 8. 9 1 9. 3: 8 17. 12
>> < res: 8 17. 12
>> < 7 8. 9 1 9. 3: 8 17. 12
>> < res: 8 17. 12
>> ---
>>> 7 8 9 1 9 3: 8 17 12
>>> res: 8 17 12
>>> 7 8 9 1 9 3: 8 17 12
>>> res: 8 17 12
>>
>>
>> Note the crept in "." (dot) which is symptomatic for the situation...
>> if this rings a bell in anyone's ear?
>
> well, maybe this never shows up on cygwin developers' list.. but
>
> 20100204 works... 20100205 doesn't...

FWIW, 20100212 does seem to suffer from similar problems as does
201002{05,07,10} does, ie, gcc trunk (revision 156700) libffi
testsuite have the same issue with crept in "."

-- 
Cheers,

/ChJ

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