[llvm-commits] [llvm] r113237 - in /llvm/trunk/test/CodeGen/X86: dbg-declare-fastisel.ll dbg-declare-hybrid.ll dbg-declare-isel.ll

[Chris Lattner]

On Sep 7, 2010, at 3:04 PM, Devang Patel wrote:

>>>> lib/CodeGen/X86 needs to run on any host.  You are forcing the programs to build with the X86 code generator, then run. THis won't work unless the host is x86.
>>> 
>>> Is there any way to skip the test in this case ? What else do you suggest ?
>> 
>> There is some XHOST thing I think, but it's better to have a dedicated place for this.  It's not like these are the only debug info tests we should have.  Why not put them in the gdb testsuite or something that already has a harness?
> 
> Dependence on anything that is not required to be tested before a check-in is not scaling well. Unfortunately, code gen changes not related to debug info work accidentally breaks debug info which may go unnoticed for a while. 

In an ideal world, we'd get generic infrastructure for doing debug info tests that works similar to the gdb testsuite but is more robust.  In a less ideal world, this should just go in the existing gdb buildbot.

-Chris