Fixed this testcase. I'm not sure why it was written the way it was. It could be that the 'ar' command has changed over the past years, making test #17 incorrect...which sometimes happens. In any case, I uploaded the changes to CVS, and the test FAILS as it apparently should. :/
-Robbie On 03/16/2009 11:49 AM, Robbie Williamson wrote: > It's been awhile since I last looked at this testcase. I'll look into > it today. :) > > -Robbie > > On 03/16/2009 11:23 AM, Subrata Modak wrote: >> On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 9:31 PM, CAI Qian <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> From: CAI Qian <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> Subject: Help Need for Ar01 Test Case >> Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:32:17 +0800 (CST) >> >> > Hi Robbie, >> > >> >> I got delevery failure for Robbie's email address, >> >> Your message >> >> Subject: Help Need for Ar01 Test Case >> >> was not delivered to: >> >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> because: >> >> User robbiew ([email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>) >> not listed in Domino Directory >> >> Does anybody happen to know his up-to-date email? >> >> >> He is here now :-) >> >> Regards-- >> Subrata >> >> >> >> >> CAI Qian >> >> > I may need your help to understand ar01 test case under >> > testcases/commands/ade/ar/. >> > >> > The following test code may fail, and I don't understand what it >> does, >> > >> > # The -s causes regeneration of symbol table even if a symbol table >> > exists. >> > >> > # CODE >> > >> > rm -rf $TCtmp/lib.a;cd $TCdat >> > ar -cr $TCtmp/lib.a file1.o >> > crtest >> > size1=`ls -s $TCtmp/lib.a|(read a b; echo $a)` >> > strip $TCtmp/lib.a 2>&1 1>/dev/null >> > ar -ts $TCtmp/lib.a 2>&1 1>/dev/null >> > size2=`ls -s $TCtmp/lib.a|(read a b; echo $a)` >> > >> > if [ $size1 -eq $size2 ] >> > >> > then >> > echo "-)17" >> > else >> > TCRESULT=17 >> > echo "FAIL - ar with -does not regenerate symbol table" >> > >> > I have two questions. The first one is, why use "t" and "s" options >> > together? >> > >> > ar -ts $TCtmp/lib.a 2>&1 1>/dev/null >> > >> > From the manpage, >> > >> > t Display a table listing the contents of archive, or those >> of the >> > files listed in member... that are present in the archive. >> > Normally only the member name is shown; if you also want to >> see the >> > modes (permissions), timestamp, owner, group, and size, you can >> > request that by also specifying the v modifier. >> > >> > s Write an object-file index into the archive, or update an >> existing >> > one, even if no other change is made to the archive. You >> may use >> > this modifier flag either with any operation, or alone. >> Running ar >> > s on an archive is equivalent to running ranlib on it. >> > >> > I can't see how they are related. Do you mean "ar -s"? >> > >> > The second one is, this piece of test code fails for me, and it >> works >> > sometimes probably just by dumb luck. It can be explained by the >> > following, >> > >> > First, we create an archieve file lib.a by including file1.o. >> > # ar -cr lib.a file1.o >> > >> > Second, we get lib.a's block size. >> > # # ls -s lib.a >> > 8 lib.a >> > >> > # nm -s lib.a >> > >> > Archive index: >> > main in file1.o >> > >> > file1.o: >> > 0000000000000000 r .LC0 >> > 0000000000000000 T main >> > U puts >> > >> > >> > Then, we strip its symbols. >> > # strip lib.a >> > >> > # ls -s lib.a >> > 8 lib.a >> > >> > # nm -s lib.a >> > >> > file1.o: >> > nm: file1.o: no symbols >> > >> > >> > Next, use "ar -s" to generate symbol index? >> > # ar -s lib.a >> > >> > # ls -s lib.a >> > 8 lib.a >> > >> > # nm -s lib.a >> > >> > file1.o: >> > nm: file1.o: no symbols >> > >> > >> > Finally, we get lib.a's new block size, and compare with the old >> one. If >> > they are same, the test passes. Otherwise, fails. >> > >> > As you can from the above, there are two things does not make >> sense to >> > me, >> > >> > * the lib.a's block size is the same before and after stripping the >> > symbols. >> > >> > * "ar -s" seems have not effect indicating by "nm -s" and "ls -s". >> > >> > Any pointer? >> > >> > CAI Qian >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex >> Builder(TM) are >> powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. >> Quickly and >> easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based >> development >> software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. >> Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com >> _______________________________________________ >> Ltp-list mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltp-list >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Regards & Thanks-- >> Subrata > > -- Robbie Williamson [email protected] Ubuntu Foundations Team Manager robbiew[irc.freenode.net] http://wiki.ubuntu.com/FoundationsTeam +1 512 686 2051 "You can't be lucky all the time, but you can be smart everyday" -Mos Def "Arrogance is thinking you are better than everyone else, while Confidence is knowing no one else is better than you." -Me ;) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. 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