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host_execute and non-zero exit status

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From: Marc Nieper-Wißkirchen <marc.nieper+gnu <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-dejagnu <at> gnu.org
Subject: host_execute and non-zero exit status
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2025 09:31:21 +0200

Hi,

The host_execute procedure in dejagnu.exp (see [1]) doesn't seem to
check the exit status of the executed test programs. A test program
that simply aborts (e.g. using the C function of the same name) won't
cause any testsuite failures. This seems brittle and like a
misfeature.

What is the supposed way to deal with this?

Thanks,

Marc

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[1] https://www.gnu.org/software/dejagnu/manual/Running-unit-tests.html

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