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From: Michael Elizabeth Chastain <mec@shout.net>
To: ac131313@cygnus.com
Cc: gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: [rfa:testsuite} Overhaul sizeof.exp
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 20:43:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200202200443.g1K4hQe25817@duracef.shout.net> (raw)

Hi Andrew,

> Unfortunatly it doesn't address the x86 problem.  Looking at 
> printcmd.c:print_scalar_formatted() the function behaves differently 
> when sizeof (host LONGEST) < sizeof (target type) (i.e. x86) :-(  I 
> think this a very long standing bug.
> 
> The problem I guess is what to do short term with this part of the test.

My opinion is that if a test finds a bug, it is a good test.  A really
great test causes the machine to reboot, catch on fire, and install
Windows XP from a Russian warez mirror.

Here is some policy from gcc:

  http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs.html#manage

I think this would be a good policy for gdb.  What do you think?

I will re-run my test bed on the new patch shortly.

Michael C


             reply	other threads:[~2002-02-20  4:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-02-19 20:43 Michael Elizabeth Chastain [this message]
2002-02-21 14:03 ` Jim Blandy
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-02-20 10:24 Michael Elizabeth Chastain
2002-02-20 11:48 ` Fernando Nasser
2002-02-20  9:49 Michael Elizabeth Chastain
2002-02-20 10:06 ` Fernando Nasser
2002-02-20 10:12   ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2002-02-20 10:07 ` Richard Earnshaw
2002-02-20 10:07 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2002-02-20 10:18   ` Fernando Nasser
2002-02-20  9:17 Michael Elizabeth Chastain
2002-02-20  9:42 ` Fernando Nasser
2002-02-20 10:20 ` Andrew Cagney
2002-02-20  8:59 Michael Elizabeth Chastain
2002-02-19 20:57 Michael Elizabeth Chastain
2002-02-20  6:57 ` Andrew Cagney
2002-02-20  7:21   ` Andrew Cagney
2002-02-20  8:19     ` Fernando Nasser
2002-02-20 17:57       ` Andrew Cagney
2002-02-20  8:16   ` Fernando Nasser
2002-02-20  8:51     ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2002-02-20  9:24       ` Fernando Nasser
2002-02-21 14:04       ` Jim Blandy
2002-02-21 14:23         ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2002-02-19 15:46 Michael Elizabeth Chastain
2002-02-19 18:19 ` Andrew Cagney
2002-02-19 15:17 Andrew Cagney

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