Re: RFC: gdb_test_multiple

[Michael Elizabeth Chastain <mec@shout.net>]

I did a test spin and it came out with no significant problems,
just one irritating glitch that I haven't tracked down.

I tested with:

  #1 stock dejagnu
  #2 stock dejagnu + gdb_test_multiple
  #3 sourceware dejagnu + gdb_test_multiple

"stock dejagnu" means tcl, expect, and dejagnu built from their primary
ftp sites.

"sourceware dejagnu" means tcl, expect, and dejagnu from the
sources.redhat.com cvs repository, module dejagnu

#1 versus #2 came out perfectly.
#2 versus #3 came out with a difference in gdb.threads/pthreads.exp
(#2 is consisently good, #3 has intermittent failures).  Chances
are about 0.5% that it's an issue with the gdb_test_multiple patch.

I blew it and did not do a spin with "sourceware dejagnu" before
applying the patch and I've applied other stuff to my test bed
since then.

> OK.  I'll have an even easier version of this done tomorrow; it has one
> truely gruesome TCL hack in it, but that's it.

I'd like to do another test spin on the new version before you commit
it if that's all right with you.  I can do a cut-down version but I'd
like to be really sure about sourceware dejagnu because the damn things
are subtly different, and I normally don't test with it.

Michael C