2004-08-20 Michael Chastain <mec.gnu@mindspring.com>

	* (Using the Testsuite): build != host is supported,
	but some test scripts do not support build != host.

diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
index 8eba9db535f1506ffc22404fb40c8c06a5170bdf..f8c564947eb726f3208c2b7dceec888e7b435bb3 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-08-20  Michael Chastain  <mec.gnu@mindspring.com>
+
+       * (Using the Testsuite): build != host is supported,
+       but some test scripts do not support build != host.
+
 2004-08-14  Mark Kettenis  <kettenis@gnu.org>
 
        * gdbint.texinfo (Host Definition): Delete description of

diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo
index 85b991fa2ad3ddd8d17e38bae83b3939be33668b..1b8d63fbf9ddb30394dc3739c82fda0030a032c6 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo
@@ -6279,6 +6279,15 @@ difficult to test, such as code that handles host OS failures or bugs
 in particular versions of compilers, and it's OK not to try to write
 tests for all of those.
 
+DejaGNU supports separate build, host, and target machines.  However,
+some @value{GDBN} test scripts do not work if the build machine and
+the host machine are not the same.  In such an environment, these scripts
+will give a result of ``UNRESOLVED'', like this:
+
+@smallexample
+UNRESOLVED: gdb.base/example.exp: This test script does not work on a remote host.
+@end smallexample
+
 @section Testsuite Organization
 
 @cindex test suite organization