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From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>
To: Joel Brobecker <brobecker@gnat.com>
Cc: gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: [RFA/testsuite] get rid of gdb_suppress_entire_file in asm-source.exp
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 17:36:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040419173631.GA12719@nevyn.them.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040419172936.GY22414@gnat.com>

On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 10:29:36AM -0700, Joel Brobecker wrote:
> I noticed that this testcase is using gdb_suppress_entire_file, and
> I remember being told that this function was evil. So I suggest the
> following cleanup for this gdb.asm test:
> 
> 2004-04-19  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@gnat.com>
> 
>         * gdb.asm/asm-source.exp: Remove use of gdb_suppress_entire_file.
> 
> OK to apply?

In general, I agree, but this particular file is a can of worms.
Andrew likes the extremely noisy failure, to encourage people to port
the test to new targets.  I'm not sure what I think about it; every
time I run into the issue I just do the port, so...

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer


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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-04-19 17:29 Joel Brobecker
2004-04-19 17:36 ` Daniel Jacobowitz [this message]
2004-04-19 17:43   ` Joel Brobecker

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