How to use gdb testsuite/dejagnu ?

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From: Frank Hofmann
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 1996 00:00

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I'd like to test gdb before installing it; so I got
gdb-4.15.1-testsuite.tar.gz from our local gnu mirror and unpacked it.
gdb-4.15.1/gdb/README says that before trying 'make check', I had to
install the dejagnu testing framework. Ok, got that too; now there is no
documentation at all in dejagnu-1.2 that says what dejagnu is testing and
how it does that; when running 'make check' on dejagnu, I get two
'FAIL: ...' messages. I don't understand what these mean as there is no
doc...
Nevertheless, I installed dejagnu and then tried 'make check' for gdb.
Same thing - no doc in gdb-4.15.1/gdb/testsuite ...
It compiled several files and then tried to do 'runtest ...'; this did not
work - it complained not to be able to find ./runtest.exp.

So what will I have to do to use the gdb testsuite ?

Please reply by email. Thanx
Frank

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