GNU bug report logs - #44712
Inconsistent directory lookup of executable in dejagnu.exp/host_execute

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From: Robert Menteer <reetnem <at> mac.com>
To: Robert Menteer via Bug-dejagnu <bug-dejagnu <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Inconsistent directory lookup of executable in
 dejagnu.exp/host_execute
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2020 14:15:25 -0500

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If you call ‘host_execute /fullpath/testsuite/unit-test/unit’, host_execute can find the unit test but not execute it.

If you call ‘host_execute /testsuite/unit-test/unit’, host_execute can’t find the unit test (but could execute it).

If you call ‘host_execute testsuite/unit-test/unit’, host_execute works.

This is because the lookup of the executable is done using:

if {![file exists ${executable}]} 

And the executing is done using:

spawn -noecho "./$executable" ${params}

Please make the usage of $executable consistent and document how host_execute should be called.

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