Re: [rfa/testsuite/mi] Fix transient failures in mi*-hack-cli.exp

[Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@mvista.com>]

On Sun, Oct 14, 2001 at 07:39:22PM -0400, Andrew Cagney wrote:
> I wrote:
> 
> >Um, I'd actually like to study this one in more detail
> 
> Daniel wrote:
> 
> >This one was a real nuisance to find...
> >
> >mi_gdb_test expects strings without the trailing newline.  If there is a
> >trailing newline, we'll get two prompts back.  In some cases, depending on
> >the delicacy of timing, this can cause a problem.  The output looks like:
> >
> >47show architecture
> >
> >&"show architecture\n"
> >~"The target architecture is assumed to be i386\n"
> >47^done
> >(gdb)
> >&"\n"
> >^done
> >(gdb)
> >
> >Removing the unnecessary newlines masks the bug, as best as my tests can
> >tell.  OK to commit?
> 
> (sorry for the delay).
> 
> More to the point, it shouldn't send the blank line anyway
> Yes, ok.  I think 5.1 branch as well since a random pass/fail will 
> confuse people trying to report test results.

OK, I'll do that on Monday.  If no one objects (why would anyone
object? :) I'm going to put my other recent testsuite fixes on the
branch too; they fix timeout issues, and it's much more convenient to
run the testsuite after they're applied.  Is that OK?

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Daniel Jacobowitz                           Carnegie Mellon University
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