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From: Michael Elizabeth Chastain <mec@shout.net>
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Subject: Re: [rfa:testsuite} Overhaul sizeof.exp
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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