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authorDaniel Dunbar <daniel@zuster.org>2012-05-08 18:11:49 +0000
committerDaniel Dunbar <daniel@zuster.org>2012-05-08 18:11:49 +0000
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[tests] Remove some remaining DejaGNU related cruft.
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@@ -309,23 +309,22 @@ clang/test directory. </p>
<a href="http://llvm.org/cmds/lit.html">Lit documentation</a> for more
information. </p>
- <p>The <tt>llvm-runtests</tt> function looks at each file that is passed to
- it and gathers any lines together that match "RUN:". These are the "RUN" lines
- that specify how the test is to be run. So, each test script must contain
- RUN lines if it is to do anything. If there are no RUN lines, the
- <tt>llvm-runtests</tt> function will issue an error and the test will
- fail.</p>
+ <p>The <tt>lit</tt> test runner looks at each file that is passed to it and
+ gathers any lines together that match "RUN:". These are the "RUN" lines that
+ specify how the test is to be run. So, each test script must contain RUN lines
+ if it is to do anything. If there are no RUN lines, <tt>lit</tt> function will
+ issue an error and the test will fail.</p>
<p>RUN lines are specified in the comments of the test program using the
keyword <tt>RUN</tt> followed by a colon, and lastly the command (pipeline)
to execute. Together, these lines form the "script" that
- <tt>llvm-runtests</tt> executes to run the test case. The syntax of the
- RUN lines is similar to a shell's syntax for pipelines including I/O
- redirection and variable substitution. However, even though these lines
- may <i>look</i> like a shell script, they are not. RUN lines are interpreted
- directly by the Tcl <tt>exec</tt> command. They are never executed by a
- shell. Consequently the syntax differs from normal shell script syntax in a
- few ways. You can specify as many RUN lines as needed.</p>
+ <tt>lit</tt> executes to run the test case. The syntax of the RUN lines is
+ similar to a shell's syntax for pipelines including I/O redirection and
+ variable substitution. However, even though these lines may <i>look</i> like
+ a shell script, they are not. RUN lines are interpreted directly by the
+ Tcl <tt>exec</tt> command. They are never executed by a shell. Consequently
+ the syntax differs from normal shell script syntax in a few ways. You can
+ specify as many RUN lines as needed.</p>
<p>lit performs substitution on each RUN line to replace LLVM tool
names with the full paths to the executable built for each tool (in
@@ -813,13 +812,6 @@ define two separate CHECK lines that match on the same line.
</pre>
</div>
- <p>To make the output more useful, the <tt>llvm_runtest</tt> function wil
- scan the lines of the test case for ones that contain a pattern that matches
- PR[0-9]+. This is the syntax for specifying a PR (Problem Report) number that
- is related to the test case. The number after "PR" specifies the LLVM bugzilla
- number. When a PR number is specified, it will be used in the pass/fail
- reporting. This is useful to quickly get some context when a test fails.</p>
-
<p>Finally, any line that contains "END." will cause the special
interpretation of lines to terminate. This is generally done right after the
last RUN: line. This has two side effects: (a) it prevents special