Re: "tool-and-target-specific" configuration files

[Jacob Bachmeyer]

Rob Savoye wrote:
> On 1/22/19 4:25 AM, Ben Elliston wrote:
>   
> > On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 09:32:34PM -0600, Jacob Bachmeyer wrote:
> > > Or should I shelve documenting the expected structure of a testsuite
> > > and untangle the board/target description rat's nest first,
> > > documenting the description of a testing lab under "Customizing
> > > DejaGnu"?
> > >       
> > They are used by baseboard files in the wild (and by the ones shipped
> > with DejaGnu), so I would say, "no, they cannot be refactored".
> >     
>   Exactly. The other problem is some people never figured out the
> difference between board, target, and config  files, so it's a bit
> convoluted.

That is the reason that I suspect the end result will amount to 
documenting "the way things should be" and declaring the other ways that 
happen to work deprecated.  Ideally, DejaGnu should detect the 
not-quite-right scenarios and emit warnings.


-- Jacob