Re: [patch] kfail gdb.c++/annota2.exp annotate-quit

[Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@mvista.com>]

On Fri, Dec 20, 2002 at 05:04:00PM +0000, Andrew Cagney wrote:
> >On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 11:47:49PM -0600, Michael Elizabeth Chastain wrote:
> >
> >>My testbed gives me 34 KFAIL's on 34 configurations, just fine.
> >>This is native i686-pc-linux-gnu, gcc v2 and v3, dwarf-2 and stabs+.
> >>
> >>I use stock FSF dejagnu 1.4.3.  I also built dejagnu from the
> >>sourcware cvs "dejagnu" module and did a test run with that.
> >>That works fine too.
> >>
> >>I have appended a gdb.sum file for anyone who is curious.
> >>The KFAIL line looks like this:
> >>
> >>  KFAIL: gdb.c++/annota2.exp: annotate-quit (PRMS: c++/544)
> >>
> >>We can't do anything about the "PRMS:" part, that comes from dejagnu.
> >>
> >>I have an objection to the name "c++/544".  It is way too easy for
> >>this name to get quoted out of context (the context being that it is
> >>a gdb bug in the gdb database).  I think this will cause confusion.
> >>I would like to see "gdb/544" here.
> >>
> >>Sure, right *now* while we are discussing the issue, everyone knows
> >>that "c++/544" means a gdb bug in the gdb PR database.  Wait six weeks
> >>and then quote some people a gdb.sum report that says "c++/482" in it
> >>and see if anyone jumps to the incorrect conclusion that c++/482 means
> >>a bug in the C++ compiler.
> >
> >
> >I want the C++ part in there.  How about "PRMS: [gdb] c++/544"?
> 
> Just gdb/NNN is better - identify the bug database and not the category. 
>  Otherwize everytime someone changes a bug category, they have to go 
> and update the corresponding testsuite kfail entry (Ulgh!).  Also, as 
> michael-c points out, you can't determine if a c++/NNN is gdb or gcc (I 
> think it is reasonable for kfails's to refer to the gcc bug database).
> 
> (I think this has come up before)

It has, shame on me.  gdb/544 will be fine then.  It's still
GNATS-centric but it'll be pretty clear even after we move (hopefully)
to Bugzilla.

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Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer