GNU bug report logs - #44636
Misleading documentation

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Package: dejagnu;

Reported by: Robert Menteer <reetnem <at> mac.com>

Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2020 16:15:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Jacob Bachmeyer <jcb62281 <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Jacob Bachmeyer <jcb62281 <at> gmail.com>
To: reetnem <at> mac.com, 44636 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: 44636-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#44636: Misleading documentation
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2020 21:56:55 -0600

Robert Menteer via Bug-dejagnu via wrote:
> In section 4.2.2 of the info manual for DejaGnu it suggests to create 
> a subdirectory config then create a tool init file in it. If I copy 
> the unix.exp example to /…/testsuite/config/tool.exp runtool does not 
> appear to read it.

You are correct that this is wrong; the manual is conflating tool init 
files and target interface files here.

> Looking around the web I found a mention of placing the init file in 
> /…/testsuite/lib/.

This is correct; the manual has been corrected in commit 
9950000f4ec0f6cd2c5afbc8ec5413391c20a535.

Closing as now fixed.


-- Jacob
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