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<chapter id="regress">
<title id="regress-title">Regression Tests</title>
<para>
Each line in the mapping file is of the form
<synopsis>
-testname/platformnamepattern=comparisonfilename
+testname/platformpattern=comparisonfilename
</synopsis>
The test name is just the name of the particular regression test
- module. The platform name pattern is a pattern in the style of
- expr(1) (that is, a regular expression with an implicit ^ anchor
+ module. The platform pattern is a pattern in the style of
+ expr(1) (that is, a regular expression with an implicit
+ <literal>^</literal> anchor
at the start). It is matched against the platform name as printed
- by <filename>config.guess</filename> with an appended
+ by <filename>config.guess</filename> followed by
<literal>:gcc</literal> or <literal>:cc</literal>, depending on
whether you use the GNU compiler or the system's native compiler
(on systems where there is a difference). The comparison file
Each line in the mapping file is of the form
- testname/platformnamepattern=comparisonfilename
+ testname/platformpattern=comparisonfilename
The test name is just the name of the particular regression test
-module. The platform name pattern is a pattern in the style of expr(1)
-(that is, a regular expression with an implicit ^ anchor at the
-start). It is matched against the platform name as printed by
-config.guess. The comparison file name is the name of the substitute
-result comparison file.
+module. The platform pattern is a pattern in the style of expr(1)
+(that is, a regular expression with an implicit ^ anchor at the start).
+It is matched against the platform name as printed by config.guess
+followed by ":gcc" or ":cc", depending on whether you use the GNU compiler
+or the system's native compiler (on systems where there is a difference).
+The comparison file name is the name of the substitute result comparison
+file.
For example: the int2 regress test includes a deliberate entry of a
value that is too large to fit in int2. The specific error message