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authorThomas Schwinge <thomas@schwinge.name>2010-10-26 15:15:40 +0200
committerThomas Schwinge <thomas@schwinge.name>2010-10-26 15:16:10 +0200
commita035187dc4742faaaec97d581efda74616c87dda (patch)
treecb48eca9af1239bf93db516cb710e0c2cc016523 /open_issues/binutils.mdwn
parentdbb6186d91d06cb1fd41617d3a364c8d9b0be97d (diff)
open_issues/binutils_testsuite: Update. And some more.
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@@ -13,11 +13,20 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]]
Here's what's to be done for maintaining GNU Binutils.
+# [[Sources|source_repositories/binutils]]
+
+
# Configuration
-Last checked against cdf7c161ebd4a934c9e705d33f5247fd52975612, 2010-10-24.
+Last checked against cdf7c161ebd4a934c9e705d33f5247fd52975612 (2010-10-24).
+
+ * Globally
-a.out support and 64 bit support are not interesting.
+ * a.out, COFF, PE image support and 64 bit support are not interesting.
+
+ * In the testsuites, `.exp` and `.d` files very likely should not only
+ care for `*-*-linux*`, but also `*-*-gnu*`. (If the need to be
+ conditionalized like this at all.)
* `bfd/`
@@ -29,9 +38,7 @@ a.out support and 64 bit support are not interesting.
* `i386linux_vec` -- a.out.
- * `i386pei_vec`
-
- *BFD back-end for Intel 386 PE IMAGE COFF files*. Not interesting.
+ * `i386pei_vec` -- PE.
* 64 bit.
@@ -45,14 +52,12 @@ a.out support and 64 bit support are not interesting.
* `COREFILE=trad-core.lo` with `TRAD_HEADER='"hosts/i386linux.h"'`
- We don't have any such core file support configured. Should we?
- Where is this core file reading exactly used? GDB?
+ We don't have any such core file support configured. TODO: should
+ we? Where is this core file reading exactly used? GDB?
* `i386linux_vec` -- a.out.
- * `i386pei_vec`
-
- *BFD back-end for Intel 386 PE IMAGE COFF files*. Not interesting.
+ * `i386pei_vec` -- PE.
* `binutils/`
@@ -76,7 +81,8 @@ a.out support and 64 bit support are not interesting.
* `*-*-gnu*`
- Resolve `crt0.o` vs. `crt1.o` issue.
+ TODO: resolve `crt0.o` vs. `crt1.o` issue. [[Testsuite
+ failures|binutils_testsuite#static]].
* `configure.tgt`