Re: [PATCH 3/8] perf test: Use a test program in perf record tests

[Adrian Hunter]

On 24/10/22 19:00, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Em Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 05:00:14PM +0300, Adrian Hunter escreveu:
>> On 24/10/22 14:33, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
>>> Em Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 04:52:14PM -0700, Ian Rogers escreveu:
>>>> I wonder if these utilities should just be built into perf to avoid
>>>> the cc dependency. Perhaps we can have a hidden option built into
>>>> perf test.
> 
>>> Agreed, not depending on a compiler makes 'perf test' usable in more
>>> systems, particularly production ones where we may want to check if perf
>>> is passing all tests applicable to that system.
>  
>> I haven't seen anyone package anything except the perf executable, so
>> I presume the only people running these tests install the source, and
>> so need a compiler anyway.
> 
> Humm?
> 
> [root@quaco ~]# head -3 /etc/os-release
> NAME="Fedora Linux"
> VERSION="36 (Workstation Edition)"
> ID=fedora
> [root@quaco ~]#G

I guess I got confused - it seems it is only Ubuntu that does that.