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

[Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@mvista.com>]

On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 09:46:33AM -0500, Fernando Nasser wrote:
> Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> >>That is correct.  The last argument of a setup_xfail, if it does not 
> >>contain '-' (Argh!  Don't blame me, it was already there since immemorial 
> >>times) is the PR number.  It can easily be a gdb/NNN bug id.  We cannot 
> >>enforce the syntax, but we can enforce it as a police.
> >
> >
> >[Last or first?  Oh, the answer is "either" according to framework.exp.]
> >
> 
> I was referring to the way it has been used in our tests.  The distinction 
> is the absence of '-'s.
> 
> 
> >>P.S.: Does someone know how to programatically access the Gnats database?
> >
> >
> >Yes; the GNATS software package includes a number of remote tools,
> >particularly nquery-pr.  You have to find a copy of GNATS 3.x; the 4.x
> >tools don't interoperate with the version on sourceware.
> >
> 
> Ah, but that is a command, I was thinking of an API.  Oh well, we can 
> always run the thing and capture the output I guess...

It's got a pretty simple network protocol; nquery-pr is just a
command-line wrapper for it.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer