[LLVMdev] Marking a test suite test XFAIL

[Patrick Simmons]

  Thanks, Dale, that really helps.

What about disabling only one backend of a specific test?

Thanks,
--Patrick

On 07/22/10 16:04, Dale Johannesen wrote:
>
> On Jul 22, 2010, at 2:44 PMPDT, Patrick Alexander Simmons wrote:
>
>> From http://llvm.org/docs/TestingGuide.html
>>
>> Some tests are known to fail. Some are bugs that we have not fixed yet;
>> others are features that we haven't added yet (or may never add). In
>> DejaGNU, the result for such tests will be XFAIL (eXpected FAILure). In
>> this way, you can tell the difference between an expected and unexpected
>> failure.
>>
>> The tests in the test suite have no such feature at this time. If the
>> test passes, only warnings and other miscellaneous output will be
>> generated. If a test fails, a large <program> FAILED message will be
>> displayed. This will help you separate benign warnings from actual test
>> failures.
>>
>> Does this mean there is no way to selectively disable a backend or to
>
> It can be done in the Makefiles, but it's not as clean as XFAIL.  Look 
> at External/SPEC/CINT2000/Makefile for examples.
>


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