Simplify/fix libffi_feature_test As detailed in <http://news.gmane.org/find-root.php?message_id=%3C87wppswqqt.fsf%40kepler.schwinge.homeip.net%3E>, the original code (originally added in commit f1301a54bb80e6ae23f7687c68f36875dae69134 as part of pull request #145) does not work (at least not for me, in the GCC environment).
diff --git a/testsuite/lib/libffi.exp b/testsuite/lib/libffi.exp
index 0d74627..e3e6b34 100644
--- a/testsuite/lib/libffi.exp
+++ b/testsuite/lib/libffi.exp
@@ -225,20 +225,21 @@ proc libffi_target_compile { source dest type options } {
# TEST should be a preprocessor condition. Returns true if it holds.
proc libffi_feature_test { test } {
- set src "ffitest.c"
+ set src "ffitest[pid].c"
set f [open $src "w"]
puts $f "#include <ffi.h>"
puts $f $test
- puts $f "xyzzy"
+ puts $f "/* OK */"
+ puts $f "#else"
+ puts $f "# error Failed $test"
puts $f "#endif"
close $f
- set lines [libffi_target_compile $src "" "preprocess" ""]
+ set lines [libffi_target_compile $src /dev/null assembly ""]
file delete $src
- set last [lindex $lines end]
- return [regexp -- "xyzzy" $last]
+ return [string match "" $lines]
}
# Utility routines.