Re: [patch/rfc] Remove all setup_xfail's from testsuite/gdb.mi/

Michael Elizabeth Chastain
2003-01-16T20:06:11Z

My two cents ...

Daniel J suggests that we keep making improvements:
> XFAIL->KFAIL
> random XFAIL->analyzed XFAIL
> XFAIL->PASS

The problem is that, in the source code, "setup_xfail" looks the same
for both our crap legacy XFAIL's and the nice new analyzed xfail's.

Perhaps a little mechanism like "gdb_mark_external_fail" would help.
Then "grep xfail" would find only the shrinking pool of old stuff.

> This I definitely like. "Cantfix"?

I propose "external".

I find "cantfix" to be a bit arrogant and a bit negative. And it doesn't
distinguish between "I can't fix this because I don't have the resources"
versus "I can't fix this because I can show you that binutils is feeding
gdb incorrect / incomplete information".

Michael C