Re: gcj segfaults on i686/x86_64-apple-darwin*

Jack Howarth wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 09, 2009 at 02:33:11PM +0000, Andrew Haley wrote:
>> Jack Howarth wrote:
>>
>>>    Shouldn't the libjava testsuite contain some rudimentary tests using gcj
>>> to make sure it is functional?
>> Sure.
>>
>>> The recent testsuite results don't suggest
>>> major problems with java on intel darwin...
>>>
>>> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-testresults/2009-11/msg00666.html
>>> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-testresults/2009-10/msg01308.html
>> This means that, whatever the cause of the bug, it wasn't present
>> when these tests were run.
>>
>> You can easily verify that yourself by running 'make check-target-libjava'.
>>
>> Andrew.
> 
> Andrew,
>    What exactly would I need to add to...
> 
> public class testme {
>   public static void main(String args[]){
>     System.out.println("Hello");
>   }
> }
> 
> to convert it into a libjava compilation/execution test case for gcj?

you need to add one file, testme.out, which contains the expected
output from testme.  Put both files in libjava/testsuite/libjava.lang.

> It might be simplier to just try to run such a test case from within
> the libjava dejagnu harness to verify that the issue doesn't exist
> within it. I was considering something like...
> 
> gcj --main=testme -O pr41991.java
> 
> for the compilation and a scan for Hello on the output of the
> execution run. Thanks in advance for any hints on where to place
> such a test within the libjava dejagnu tests and what header
> entries to add.

I find it very hard to believe that the rest of the tests would pass
while Hello, world fails.

Andrew.